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: Hay que elegir, priorizando los casos de situaciones más degradadas y necesitadas, en función del conjunto de los objetivos fijados, es decir, de las dimensiones social, económica, medioambiental y de gestión democrática, así como de sus interrelaciones.

SOLUTION: We have to select locations by prioritising those which are most impoverished and needy, in accordance with the objectives set, that is to say, the social, economic, environmental and democratic management dimensions, as well as the relationship between them.

PROBLEM: ¿Podría explicar la Comisión la razón de la larga gestación de este proyecto que, en principio, debería haberse concretado ya en 1998?

SOLUTION: Can the Commission account for the lengthy gestation of this draft, which should in theory have emerged in its final form in 1998?

PROBLEM: Por tanto, se comprende el desinterés de los pueblos ante una construcción europea que se hace a sus espaldas y lejos de sus preocupaciones.

SOLUTION:
It is therefore easy to understand the public' s lack of interest, given the construction of Europe which is going on behind their back and in areas which are not really of concern to them.