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).

[EX Q]: Es cierto que estamos hoy debatiendo este programa porque el Parlamento Europeo se empecinó en que esta iniciativa debía mantenerse.
[EX A]: It is a fact that we are debating this programme today because the European Parliament insisted that this initiative should be maintained.

[EX Q]: No es difícil imaginarse que la industria automovilística de algunos países, por ejemplo la alemana, ha trabajado intensamente, mediante grupos de presión, en torno a la aprobación de esta directiva.
[EX A]: It is easy to see that the car industry in certain countries, for example in Germany, went in for some pretty tough lobbying before the present directive was adopted.

[EX Q]: Otros argumentarán que deberíamos mantener en suspenso nuestro juicio hasta que veamos los detalles de tal acuerdo.
[EX A]:
Others would argue that we should suspend judgement until we see the detail of such an agreement.