<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"In recent years, various buildings and monuments in the central part of Murcia have developed cracks and residents in the area fear that this will cause them to collapse. A total of 5000 people in the city live in buildings which have been damaged by this natural phenomenon.  A number of studies have been carried out and the results thereof confirm that the fall in the level of the water in the subsoil is creating serious problems affecting the foundations of the buildings. This fall is essentially due to a rainfall shortage in recent years, a shortage which is part of the structural drought which has affected the Murcia region and, indeed, the whole of southern Spain over the last ten years.  In view of the fact that Murcia is the only city in the world to be affected by a fall in the level of the water table, could the Commission answer the following questions?  1. Is the Commission aware of the situation?  2. What action is it planning to take with a view to having a comprehensive study of the situation carried out in order to establish appropriate legislation applicable to this particular case?  3. Does it not consider there to be an urgent need for a set of measures to be adopted by local and regional authorities in order to help the people affected by this phenomenon?  4. What action has it taken in order to protect groundwater following the Council resolution of 20 February 1995 on the protection of groundwater?  5. To what extent can the Interreg II C draft Community initiative for the Murcia region, which has recently been submitted by Spain, help to relieve the problem?"
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 = [7]. </s>
In recent years, various buildings and monuments in the central part of Murcia have developed cracks and residents in the area fear that this will cause them to collapse. A total of 5000 people in the city live in buildings which have been damaged by this natural phenomenon.  A number of studies have been carried out and the results thereof confirm that the fall in the level of the water in the subsoil is creating serious problems affecting the foundations of the buildings. This fall is essentially due to a rainfall shortage in recent years, a shortage which is part of the structural drought which has affected the Murcia region and, indeed, the whole of southern Spain over the last ten years.  In view of the fact that Murcia is the only city in the world to be affected by a fall in the level of the water table, could the Commission answer the following questions?  1. Is the Commission aware of the situation?  2. What action is it planning to take with a view to having a comprehensive study of the situation carried out in order to establish appropriate legislation applicable to this particular case?  3. Does it not consider there to be an urgent need for a set of measures to be adopted by local and regional authorities in order to help the people affected by this phenomenon?  4. What action has it taken in order to protect groundwater following the Council resolution of 20 February 1995 on the protection of groundwater?  5. To what extent can the Interreg II C draft Community initiative for the Murcia region, which has recently been submitted by Spain, help to relieve the problem?