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).

Pero para responder concretamente a la pregunta de su Señoría, debo recordar que el mecanismo instituido por el apartado 1 del artículo 7 del Tratado de la Unión exige, para ser activado, la verificación -cito- "de una violación grave y persistente de los principios consagrados en el artículo 6".
In order to give a precise answer to your question, Mr Ford, I must remind you that in order for the mechanism established by Article 7.1 of the Treaty on European Union to be applied, there must be proof of the existence and I quote, of a "serious and persistent breach by a Member State of the principles mentioned in Article 6."

Ahora tenemos que intentar que este trabajo legislativo concluya de manera exitosa.
Now, we must ensure that the present legislative process is concluded successfully.

Se ha distribuido el acta de la sesión del pasado jueves, 3 de febrero.

The Minutes of the sitting on Thursday 3 February have been distributed.