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]: En primer lugar, como ha resaltado mi colega el Sr. Bowis, es retroactiva y errónea de principio.
[EX A]: First of all, as my colleague Mr Bowis has pointed out, it is retrospective and that is wrong in principle.

[EX Q]: En primer lugar, Finlandia y Dinamarca tienen medidas de excepción al principio general de libre circulación de mercancías hasta el año 2003.
[EX A]: Firstly, Finland and Denmark are subject to exemptions to the basic rule of the free movement of goods until 2003.

[EX Q]: Durante largo tiempo, nuestras regiones, sin duda a causa de la supervivencia del pacto colonial, han mantenido fija la mirada en la metrópolis europea, despreciando incluso a sus vecinos más cercanos.
[EX A]:
For a long time, probably a survival of our colonial heritage, our regions have fixed their attention on the European mainland, ignoring and even scorning their closest neighbours.