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).

[EX Q]: He de constatar con mi colega McCarthy que el número de regiones se ha visto reducido muy drásticamente.
[EX A]: In common with Mrs McCarthy, I have to note that the number of areas has been drastically reduced.

[EX Q]: La Unión Europea -y al mismo tiempo las dos grandes corrientes políticas, socialdemócratas y cristianodemócratas- han contraído al respecto una grave responsabilidad, pues con la observación dogmática de las estrictas políticas presupuestarias de la Unión Económica y Monetaria, con el desmantelamiento el estado del bienestar, con la deificación de una competencia incontrolada, ha empujado a amplios sectores sociales a la marginalidad, y ha brindado a demagogos de extrema derecha como Haider la posibilidad de reclutar partidarios para su proyecto neonazi.
[EX A]: The European Union bears a large measure of responsibility - and along with it the two dominant political movements, the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats - because, by their dogmatic adherence to the harsh financial policies of EMU, their dislocation of the welfare state and their deification of uncontrolled competition, they have pushed broad strata of society to the limits and made it possible for right-wing extremists of the Haider type to recruit support for their neo-Nazi ways.

[EX Q]: En consecuencia, Austria tiene todo el derecho a formar gobierno y el Presidente de la Comisión tiene todo el derecho, e incluso el deber, de manifestarle sus mejores deseos a Austria.
[EX A]:
Austria, therefore, is perfectly entitled to form its government and the President of the Commission is perfectly entitled, and even duty bound, to offer Austria his best wishes.