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: Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, el objetivo de poner a punto una estrategia para modernizar la protección social en la Unión Europea es, sin duda, acertado.

SOLUTION: Mr President, Commissioner, the aim of developing a coordinated strategy for modernising social protection in the European Union is certainly an admirable one.

PROBLEM: Dicho sea de paso, es todavía más asombroso que el Consejo no haya intervenido.

SOLUTION: And let me say in passing, it is even more astonishing that the Council allowed it to.

PROBLEM: Los ciudadanos deben tener el derecho al agua limpia.

SOLUTION:
The public must have a right to clean water.