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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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Se ha dicho ya que el objetivo de URBAN es la promoción de estrategias innovadoras de regeneración económica y social en las áreas urbanas, habida cuenta de que no menos del 80% de la población europea está concentrado en las ciudades.
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As we have heard, the objective of URBAN is the promotion of innovative strategies to promote economic and social regeneration in urban areas, bearing in mind that 80% of the population of Europe lives in cities.


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El tema se ha planteado conforme al procedimiento de codecisión y en la primera lectura ya hemos podido adoptar una legislación importante y más ajustada.
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The topic has been brought under the codecision procedure and as a result, we have been able to draft important, more stringent legislation as early on as at first reading.


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La denominada responsabilidad compartida es muy poco útil y no estimula la innovación.
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The so-called shared liability is very cumbersome and does not stimulate innovation.