In this task, you are given a sentence in the Swedish language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

Kommissionen har lagt fram några förslag som var för stränga, och vi har tagit fram alternativ till dessa.
The Commission has put forward various proposals which are too stringent and we have come up with some alternatives.

Men deras brist på intresse, deras distans och ibland t.o.m. avsky för politiken tvingar oss att vidta konkreta åtgärder mot svårigheterna.
Yet their lack of interest and involvement and sometimes even their distaste for all things political requires us to take specific action to tackle their problems.

Direktivet innebär att två regelsystem kan tillämpas: antingen mottagarlandets lagstiftning eller de kollektivavtal som tillämpas generellt inom en viss bransch.

What it says it that one of two things may apply, i.e. either the legislation in the host country or the collective agreements which have been declared to be the rules universally applicable to a specific sector.