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).

Antes ha dicho en su declaración que una catástrofe como la del Danubio debe servir de acicate para elaborar un programa contra las catástrofes. No, señor Prodi, lo que debemos hacer es empezar a transponer finalmente la legislación y a velar por que también se controle su aplicación.
You said earlier in your speech that a disaster such as that of the Danube is an example of the need for an emergency structure; no, Mr Prodi, we need, at long last, to start transposing legislation and ensuring that legislation is monitored.

Un gran agujero lo forman las sustancias químicas peligrosas.
The dangerous chemical substances constitute a big leak.

Consideramos positivo que se procure invertir tendencias de degradación del agua, que son alarmantes, y que los gobiernos suelen pasar por alto con demasiada frecuencia.

We see it as positive that an attempt is being made to reverse the trend towards water degradation, which is most alarming and which governments all too often tend to sweep under the carpet.