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).

El Sr. Andersson piensa que hay que recordar a los países pobres del Este que la convergencia social también les concierne.
Mr Andersson thinks that the less wealthy Eastern countries should be reminded that social convergence is to apply to them too.

La directiva sigue en pie.
The directive remains in place.

No he oído ningún argumento que justifique que la Comisión debería conceder una prórroga de dicho periodo.

I have as yet not heard any arguments on the basis of which the Commission would need to extend this period.