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).

El motivo es que aquí se trata de la aproximación de una norma jurídica que ha propuesto la Comisión.
The reason is that this concerns the approximation of a legal effect measure, as proposed by the Commission.

Hay algunos principios que han sido especialmente importantes para el Grupo GUE/NGL a la hora de decidir sobre las diferentes propuestas.
As members of the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left, we regarded certain principles as particularly important when we adopted a position on the different proposals.

El catálogo legislativo es una larga enumeración de materias donde los ciudadanos pierdan influencia y donde usted, señor Prodi, se la quita a los ciudadanos, incluso en cuestiones sociales.

The legislative programme is, in fact, a litany of subjects over which the people are to be deprived of influence and in connection with which, Mr Prodi, you are to take influence away from the people, even on social questions.