In this task, you are given a sentence in the English language and your task is to convert it into the Swedish language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

Q: Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, firstly I would like to extend warm thanks to the rapporteur, Mr Brok, for his report.

A: Herr talman, herr kommissionär, mina damer och herrar! Först vill jag tacka föredraganden, kollegan Brok, så hjärtligt för hans betänkande.
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Q: In fact, it found a sort of convenient excuse in the shortening of the programming stage in the Member States, and it published the guidelines back in July 1999, even before the new Parliament had taken up its legislative duties, thereby preventing Parliament itself from having any influence on the current content of the guidelines.

A: På det viset hindrade man parlamentet att påverka riktlinjernas utformning.
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Q: However, the arguments of the plastics and car industries would be more persuasive if a commitment were to be given to reducing CO2 levels in Europe in other sectors besides these.

A:
Plast- och bilindustrins argumentationskraft skulle emellertid tillta även om man inte bara i detta sammanhang skulle engagera sig för en reducering av koldioxid i Europa.
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