It is heartening that the European Union recognises the problems and is willing to focus on them.
1	It	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	PRES-AUX	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	heartening	hearten	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	European	european	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Union	union	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	recognises	recognise	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	csubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	problems	problem	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	PRES-AUX	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	willing	willing	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	_	_	15	mark	_	_
15	focus	focus	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PERS-P3PL-ACC	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_
