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.

El Parlamento ha contribuido, en gran medida, a mejorar este instrumento.
Parliament has contributed greatly to improving this instrument.

Sobre esa base me propongo, Señorías, actuar y tendré en cuenta en particular los cinco ejes siguientes: en primer lugar, ofrecer oportunidades de carácter innovador a nuestros creadores para que su talento encuentre en nuestro programa el apoyo que merece.

This is the foundation, ladies and gentlemen, which I intend to develop, and I shall take the following five areas into special consideration: firstly, providing creative people with opportunities of an innovative nature to allow their talent to find the support it deserves in our programme.