TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, el objetivo de poner a punto una estrategia para modernizar la protección social en la Unión Europea es, sin duda, acertado.

SOLUTION: Mr President, Commissioner, the aim of developing a coordinated strategy for modernising social protection in the European Union is certainly an admirable one.

PROBLEM: , por escrito - (DE) El Grupo de Los Verdes/Alianza Libre Europea se ha abstenido en este asunto porque el Comisario Bolkestein no respondió en el debate en Pleno del día anterior a ninguna de mis preguntas sobre la adhesión de la UE a los Tratados WIPO.

SOLUTION: - (DE) The Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance abstained from the vote on this matter because, in the plenary debate of the previous day, Commissioner Bolkestein did not respond to any of my questions regarding EU accession to the WIPO Treaties.

PROBLEM: No deberíamos albergar demasiadas esperanzas.

SOLUTION:
We should, of course, not get overly excited about it.