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).

[Q]: Señora Presidenta, Señorías, no se pueden sino que compartir los objetivos generales del programa quinquenal y del programa para el año 2000 que esta mañana el señor Presidente Prodi ha ilustrado tan apasionadamente.
[A]: Madam President, we can only endorse the general guidelines of the five-year programme and of the programme for 2000, set out with so much enthusiasm by President Prodi this morning.


[Q]: ¿Podría explicar la Comisión la razón de la larga gestación de este proyecto que, en principio, debería haberse concretado ya en 1998?
[A]: Can the Commission account for the lengthy gestation of this draft, which should in theory have emerged in its final form in 1998?


[Q]: Nosotros rechazamos claramente todas las exigencias poco realistas, que minan la credibilidad del Parlamento Europeo.
[A]:
We obviously reject all unrealistic demands which affect the European Parliament' s credibility.