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.

¿Podemos esperar ahora de la Comisión Europea que adopte medidas contra la República Francesa ante el Tribunal de Justicia?
Can we now expect the European Commission to take action against the French Republic before the European Court of Justice?

No se trata de una discrepancia sustantiva, sino sólo de la siguiente cuestión: ¿Cuándo la Comisión, de una vez por todas, va a estar en condiciones de presentar la directiva después de haber tenido ya tres años y medio para hacerlo?

It has nothing to do with any disputes on the substance; it is just about the following question: when will the Commission - having already had a year and a half to do this - finally be in a position to table the directive?