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: Las personas mayores confían en que el Parlamento Europeo les permita vivir bien y dignamente y mejor que ahora.

SOLUTION: The elderly are waiting for the European Parliament to make it possible for them to live more comfortably and with greater dignity than they do now.

PROBLEM: Quisiera recordar también que no es algo nuevo que constituyamos un observatorio.

SOLUTION: I should also like to remind you that the idea of setting up an observatory is nothing new.

PROBLEM: Sabemos que el plomo, el mercurio, el cadmio y el cromo hexavalente son altamente tóxicos y nocivos para la salud, y que se ha conseguido en muchas directivas comunitarias limitar su utilización sin que fuera necesario un análisis de riesgos.

SOLUTION:
We know that lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium present high toxic and health risks and numerous Community directives have succeeded in restricting their usage without any risk assessment being made.