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).
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Question: Desde ese momento hasta la segunda lectura de hoy, muchas personas han trabajado duramente en el tema en el Parlamento Europeo, la Comisión Europea y el Consejo de Ministros.

Answer: A great deal of work has been carried out between then and this second reading by numerous Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers.


Question: Regiones importantes son, entre otras, los Balcanes y la zona del Adriático, pero pienso que no debemos olvidar tampoco la cooperación que llevamos a cabo con Rusia.

Answer: Such important areas include the Balkans and the Adriatic region, but, in my opinion, we should not ignore cooperation with Russia either.


Question: Propone hoy conceder todo el poder de decisión a un puñado de funcionarios haciendo de los Estados, de los entes locales y de las ONG, todos además en pie de igualdad en su sumisión a Bruselas, simples ejecutantes de las decisiones venidas de arriba.

Answer:
You are now proposing to give all decision-making power to a handful of officials. The Member States, local authorities and NGOs will simply become enforcers of decisions handed down from above, all on an equal footing in their submission to Brussels.