<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Last Sunday's elections in Italy seem to have resulted in awin for the centre-right ForzaItaliaparty. Theelection programme of the chairman of the party and possible future prime minister, MrSilvio Berlusconi, MEP, included promises of significant tax cuts and increased public investment. Unfortunately, it was not made clear how these promises would be financed.  1.Does the Commission propose to take any measures if this expansionist economic policy is implemented in Italy at atime when the inflationary pressure on the euro areais still high?  2.Is the Commission considering initiating the same type of procedure as in the case of Ireland? Inother words will it give awarning to Italy too, if Italy's taxation and public spending solutions are in conflict with the country's growth and stability package and have aharmful impact on the stability of the euro areaas awhole? Or are such warnings only given to the small countries in the euro area?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [1]. </s>
Last Sunday's elections in Italy seem to have resulted in awin for the centre-right ForzaItaliaparty. Theelection programme of the chairman of the party and possible future prime minister, MrSilvio Berlusconi, MEP, included promises of significant tax cuts and increased public investment. Unfortunately, it was not made clear how these promises would be financed.  1.Does the Commission propose to take any measures if this expansionist economic policy is implemented in Italy at atime when the inflationary pressure on the euro areais still high?  2.Is the Commission considering initiating the same type of procedure as in the case of Ireland? Inother words will it give awarning to Italy too, if Italy's taxation and public spending solutions are in conflict with the country's growth and stability package and have aharmful impact on the stability of the euro areaas awhole? Or are such warnings only given to the small countries in the euro area?