TASK DEFINITION: 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).
PROBLEM: El Sr. Andersson piensa que hay que recordar a los paises pobres del Este que la convergencia social tambien les concierne.

SOLUTION: Mr Andersson thinks that the less wealthy Eastern countries should be reminded that social convergence is to apply to them too.

PROBLEM: 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.

SOLUTION: 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.

PROBLEM: Opino que las directivas de la UE, independientemente de la materia que traten, no deben lesionar los intereses de las pequenas empresas.

SOLUTION:
I believe that, quite apart from the nature of the issue concerned, the EU' s directives should not treat small companies within the Union unfairly.