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: 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: Repito que los Estados miembros tendrán que decidirse.

SOLUTION: I repeat that Member States will have to make up their minds.

PROBLEM: Señor Presidente, señorías, con el informe LEADER se honra al desarrollo rural.

SOLUTION:
Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and gentlemen, with the LEADER report, rural development is very much to the fore.