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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).
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La verdad es que las políticas macroeconómicas, el pacto de estabilidad y los criterios de convergencia nominal han servido de traba a una modernización de la protección social que contribuya a la mejora de la calidad de vida de las poblaciones, en particular mediante un aumento considerable de las pensiones y jubilaciones, sobre todo de las mínimas, y a la lucha contra la exclusión social.
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Macroeconomic policies, the stability pact and the criteria for nominal convergence have put a brake on modernising social protection which would improve the quality of people' s lives, specifically by means of a significant increase in pensions and pension schemes, particularly of the minimum pensions, and through fighting social exclusion.


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¿Qué concepto se va a formar esa opinión pública interesada y el resto del mundo de nuestro programa quinquenal?
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What sort of impression will an interested public, as well as the rest of the world, have of this five-year programme?


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Se reveló su identidad: quedó claro que es diputada europea, pese a lo cual se la mantuvo detenida todo el día.
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Although her identity was noted and her position as a Member of the European Parliament was very apparent, she was still held in custody all day.