TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in English and your task is to translate it into Spanish. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: This debate on the van Hulten report brings to a close one of the most traumatic periods for the European institutions since their creation in 1957.

SOLUTION: Este debate sobre el informe van Hulten nos aproxima a uno de los periodos más traumáticos para las instituciones europeas desde su creación en 1957.

PROBLEM: This brings me onto the point that in future we are going to have to concern ourselves much more intensively with this issue in general terms, that is to say, not just with this specific project but with overall developments in south-east Europe, and with the aid delivered there.

SOLUTION: Todo ello me lleva a pensar que en el futuro tendremos que estudiar esta cuestión con más detenimiento, no sólo este proyecto concreto, sino la situación en la Europa sudoriental en general, así como la ayuda que se presta a la zona.

PROBLEM: If your ruling is that I cannot give an explanation of vote, I accept that but with reservations.

SOLUTION:
Si su decisión es que no podemos explicar nuestro voto, la acataré, pero no sin reservas.