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).

[EX Q]: No puedo votar a favor de los párrafos de la directiva marco sobre aguas que tratan estas cuestiones.
[EX A]: I cannot vote in favour of the sections in the Water Framework Directive which deal with these states of affairs.

[EX Q]: En cualquier caso, el Parlamento, por el momento, no puede hacer nada al respecto.
[EX A]: Parliament cannot, in any case, at present do anything about the matter.

[EX Q]: La concesión de medios financieros sin que haya una economía con bases sólidas es como si llevásemos agua al pozo: habrá agua potable por un momento, pero mañana el pozo volverá a estar vacío.
[EX A]:
Granting funds without an economy that can stand on its own two feet is like carrying water to fill up a dry well: there will be enough to drink for a while, but tomorrow the well will be dry again.