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: Hacemos especial hincapié en que se utilicen las nuevas disposiciones del Tratado de Amsterdam sobre necesidad de tal forma que a un país que en la práctica viole derechos ciudadanos fundamentales mediante la discriminación, etc., se le retire el derecho de voto en el Consejo de Ministros de la UE (Art. 7).

SOLUTION: We attach crucial importance to applying, if necessary, the new provisions under Article 7 of the Amsterdam Treaty so that a country which, by its actions, infringes fundamental citizens' rights by means of discrimination and such like will have its voting rights in the EU' s Council of Ministers removed.

PROBLEM: Es un paso atrás.

SOLUTION: It is a retrograde step.

PROBLEM: Las falsificaciones son big business.

SOLUTION:
Forgeries are big business.