TASK DEFINITION: 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).
PROBLEM: Jag stöder helt hans påpekande om behovet av att ge handlingsutrymme åt regioner - som till exempel Baskien som jag själv företräder - till följd av subsidiaritetsprincipen.

SOLUTION: I would also like to fully support his comments on the need to allow the regions - such as the Basque Country, which I represent - a margin for action, by virtue of the principle of subsidiarity.

PROBLEM: Det är hans första betänkande här i plenum.

SOLUTION: It is his first report here in plenary.

PROBLEM: Detta har varit en miljökatastrof liksom ett djupt beklagligt resursslöseri.

SOLUTION:
This has been an environmental disaster as well as a deplorable waste of resources.