TASK DEFINITION: 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).
PROBLEM: Hay algunos principios que han sido especialmente importantes para el Grupo GUE/NGL a la hora de decidir sobre las diferentes propuestas.

SOLUTION: As members of the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left, we regarded certain principles as particularly important when we adopted a position on the different proposals.

PROBLEM: Pero más allá de estos principios está la consideración del agua como bien común que no puede ser sometido a las reglas del mercado.

SOLUTION: However, apart from these principles, there is the consideration that water, as a common resource, cannot be subjected to the rules of the market.

PROBLEM: Permítanme empezar señalando con exactitud cuál es el debate.

SOLUTION:
Let me begin by specifying precisely what we are debating.