<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"The conclusions of the European Council of 1 and 2March2012 highlighted the need to step up efforts to improve the ‘career prospects of researchers’. Scientific production in Portugal is largely, if not mostly, carried out by researchers who are not employed and receive only a ‘research grant’. These grant holders live in a precarious social and employment situation, as they have no access to the general social security system, holiday pay, Christmas bonuses, or unemployment benefit. In many cases they meet the permanent needs of research centres and laboratories, even when they have no prospect of a scientific career themselves. This policy goes against the principles enshrined in the European Charter for Researchers.  1.How does the Commission view the precarious employment conditions under which many Portuguese researchers are living and working?  2.In the light of the conclusions adopted at the last European Council meeting, what measures will it take to dignify, and increase the value of, scientific work and the lives of these researchers and research grant holders in particular?"
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 = [5]. </s>
The conclusions of the European Council of 1 and 2March2012 highlighted the need to step up efforts to improve the ‘career prospects of researchers’. Scientific production in Portugal is largely, if not mostly, carried out by researchers who are not employed and receive only a ‘research grant’. These grant holders live in a precarious social and employment situation, as they have no access to the general social security system, holiday pay, Christmas bonuses, or unemployment benefit. In many cases they meet the permanent needs of research centres and laboratories, even when they have no prospect of a scientific career themselves. This policy goes against the principles enshrined in the European Charter for Researchers.  1.How does the Commission view the precarious employment conditions under which many Portuguese researchers are living and working?  2.In the light of the conclusions adopted at the last European Council meeting, what measures will it take to dignify, and increase the value of, scientific work and the lives of these researchers and research grant holders in particular?