<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Today, Commissioner Lewandowski confirmed during a debate with the members of the Committee on Budgets that there is set to be a severe deficit in 2014 in the policy areas of cohesion and development aid. This is due in part to the enormous rise in applications at the end of 2013.  Ultimately, the bill will be footed by the net contributing Member States.  1.In the Commission’s view, who is responsible for this discrepancy between the Union’s income and expenditure in 2014?  2.Can the Commission indicate how often it has been necessary in the past to pay out more money than is available in the budget?  3.Does the Commission agree with the PVV that it is not permitted, pursuant to Article310(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, for budget deficits to arise (and this imbalance is therefore actually illegal)?  4.How does the Commission monitor the incurrence of liabilities and specifically the prevention of the incurrence of liabilities which will exceed the disbursement levels?  5.Does the Commission think that the mobilisation of flexibility instruments and the use of the contingency margin is the right way to restore the budgetary equilibrium? If not, what would be the Commission’s preferred approach?  6.How does the Commission intend to prevent any future violations of Article310 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union?"
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>
Today, Commissioner Lewandowski confirmed during a debate with the members of the Committee on Budgets that there is set to be a severe deficit in 2014 in the policy areas of cohesion and development aid. This is due in part to the enormous rise in applications at the end of 2013.  Ultimately, the bill will be footed by the net contributing Member States.  1.In the Commission’s view, who is responsible for this discrepancy between the Union’s income and expenditure in 2014?  2.Can the Commission indicate how often it has been necessary in the past to pay out more money than is available in the budget?  3.Does the Commission agree with the PVV that it is not permitted, pursuant to Article310(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, for budget deficits to arise (and this imbalance is therefore actually illegal)?  4.How does the Commission monitor the incurrence of liabilities and specifically the prevention of the incurrence of liabilities which will exceed the disbursement levels?  5.Does the Commission think that the mobilisation of flexibility instruments and the use of the contingency margin is the right way to restore the budgetary equilibrium? If not, what would be the Commission’s preferred approach?  6.How does the Commission intend to prevent any future violations of Article310 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union?