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).

Se ha dicho ya que el objetivo de URBAN es la promoción de estrategias innovadoras de regeneración económica y social en las áreas urbanas, habida cuenta de que no menos del 80% de la población europea está concentrado en las ciudades.
As we have heard, the objective of URBAN is the promotion of innovative strategies to promote economic and social regeneration in urban areas, bearing in mind that 80% of the population of Europe lives in cities.

La mayoría de los parlamentos democráticos del mundo libre la rechazan de principio a no ser que exista un interés público abrumador, que claramente no es el caso que nos ocupa.
Most democratic parliaments in the free world reject it on principle unless there is overwhelming public interest, which clearly there is not in this case.

Finalmente, un tema que ocupa la actualidad, y que la ocupa con fuerza, es el de los cierres de empresas y despidos colectivos.

The issue of company closures and mass redundancies is one which has been and still is very firmly in the news.