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).

En su forma actual, esta directiva puede tener consecuencias muy aciagas y a largo plazo sobre el medio ambiente y el agua potable.
In its unaltered form, the present directive could, in fact, have very unfortunate and long-term consequences for the environment and for our drinking water.

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.

Muchas de ellas tienen antecedentes historicos.
This is largely due to historical factors.