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).

Las personas mayores confian en que el Parlamento Europeo les permita vivir bien y dignamente y mejor que ahora.
The elderly are waiting for the European Parliament to make it possible for them to live more comfortably and with greater dignity than they do now.

La mayoria de los parlamentos democraticos del mundo libre la rechazan de principio a no ser que exista un interes publico abrumador, que claramente no es el caso que nos ocupa.
Most democratic parliaments in the free world reject it on principle unless there is overwhelming public interest, which clearly there is not in this case.

Asi, el Parlamento tiene que dar su aprobacion, ya que afecta a su competencia.
Parliament must therefore give its assent, because the agreement concerns its sphere of competence.