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).

Hay algunas enmiendas que se ocupan de mejorar la propuesta de la Comisión , ya aprobadas en la primera lectura, y otras que recuperan partes de la propuesta original que el Consejo ha eliminado.
Certain amendments concern improvements to the Commission' s proposal which we adopted as early as at the first reading or else they reintroduce into the directive such parts of the original proposal as the Council has removed.

Y con respecto a los acontecimientos de estos días quisiera decir-y lo digo en el día o en el comienzo de semana en que se inicia la Conferencia Intergubernamental- que hay que dar un valor mucho mayor y un realce fundamental al trabajo de la Carta de derechos fundamentales que, después de lo que hemos dicho con motivo de la crisis austríaca, entiendo que verdaderamente debe formar parte de los Tratados.
With regard to the events of recent days, I would like to say - and I am saying this on the day, and the week, that the Intergovernmental Conference is starting - we have to place far more value and fundamental emphasis upon the charter on fundamental rights which, given what we have said about the Austrian crisis, I believe should be fully included in the Treaties.

Por eso resulta sorprendente que las palabras igualdad de oportunidades, género o mujer no parezcan en Shaping the new Europe.

It is therefore noticeable that 'equality', 'gender' and 'women' are barely mentioned in 'Shaping the New Europe'.