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: Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, el objetivo de poner a punto una estrategia para modernizar la protección social en la Unión Europea es, sin duda, acertado.

SOLUTION: Mr President, Commissioner, the aim of developing a coordinated strategy for modernising social protection in the European Union is certainly an admirable one.

PROBLEM: Ahora es obvio continuar con el sistema de protección social.

SOLUTION: It is now a natural consequence to move on to social security systems.

PROBLEM: Quiero agradecer a la Comisión sus esfuerzos en este campo y la colaboración con sus funcionarios, que ha sido muy buena.

SOLUTION:
I want to thank the Commission for its efforts in this area and for the cooperation with the Commission' s officials, which has been quite excellent.