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

Men deras brist på intresse, deras distans och ibland t.o.m. avsky för politiken tvingar oss att vidta konkreta åtgärder mot svårigheterna.
Yet their lack of interest and involvement and sometimes even their distaste for all things political requires us to take specific action to tackle their problems.

(NL) Herr talman! Å kommissionsordförande Prodis vägnar skulle jag gärna vilja svara så här.
Mr President, on behalf of Commission President, Mr Prodi, I would like to respond as follows.

Vi talar i dag emellertid också om översikten över statligt stöd och den allmänna rapporten om konkurrenspolitiken för 1998, där mitt inlägg i denna gemensamma debatt gäller det senare området.

However, we are also discussing the aid report today and the general competition report for 1998, and my contribution to this joint debate relates to the latter.