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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Question: Mi Grupo esta satisfecho de que el Consejo de Asuntos Sociales diera luz verde a finales del ano pasado a la puesta en marcha de una estrategia de cooperacion mejor y que ya se haya encargado a un grupo de alto nivel que presente en junio de 2000 el primer informe al Consejo.

Answer: My group is pleased that the Social Affairs Council gave the go-ahead for a better cooperation strategy as early on as the end of last year and that, in fact, a group of high-ranking officials has already been commissioned to submit to the Council an initial report by June 2000.

Question: Se ha examinado, sobre todo en los ultimos meses, el papel que el Consejo de Desarrollo puede desempenar en el marco de las politicas de la Union.

Answer: As you know, there is a glaring difference between the status of development policies and other EU policies - you only have to look at the difficult circumstances surrounding the EDF' s financing, or rather lack of financing.

Question: Es eso licito realmente?

Answer:
Is that really authorised?