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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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No puedo negar que en años pasados hemos observado cierta carencia por parte del Gobierno griego en lo relativo a la aplicación del nuevo reglamento y del reglamento anterior para la participación de los representantes de la sociedad civil.
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Why would I not say that we have noticed in previous years, on the part of the Greek Government, some shortcomings in the application of the new Regulation and the previous regulation in terms of involving representatives of civil society?


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El único mérito de esta directiva consiste en prever el futuro.
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The only merit of this directive is that it looks to the future.


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¡Las declaraciones de principios no bastan!
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Declarations of principle are not enough.