<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"Since giving its answer of 14February to my question on EU communication, has the Commission learned of the results of the international conference on the nature of theEU and the Union’s status in international law which was held on 28June2011 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, at which it was ascertained on the basis of scholarship (a)that the Lisbon Treaty organises theEU as a democracy without making it into a state and (b)that theEU is therefore a new phenomenon in terms of constitutional and international law? (Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, 7July2011, EU is geen staat, maar wel democratie [The EU is not a state but it is a democracy]).  1.Is the Commission aware that, on the Europa Server and in the EU’s publication Panorama, theEU is still described in terms of a confederation by calling it a ‘unique economic and political partnership of 27 democratic European countries’?  2.Does the Commission agree that unions of states by definition do not have any citizens or a directly elected parliament, whereas the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties made citizens of the Union a constituent component of theEU and this question is being tabled by a directly elected Member of the European Parliament?  3.Will the Commission acknowledge that theEU does not constitute a state but a union of states, but, pursuant to the Lisbon Treaty (Articles9-12 and particularly Article10(1)), is founded on representative democracy? Does the Commission also recognise that theEU needs to be made considerably more democratic?  4.  Does the Commission agree that theEU has therefore developed into a democratic polity of 27 states and 500million citizens and if so, will the Commission:      —  take the initiative in future to describe theEU as a democratic polity of states and citizens;      —  propagate this vision in its communication about theEU with citizens and the outside world, and      —  promote the further development of theEU into a living democracy?"
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 = [20]. </s>
Since giving its answer of 14February to my question on EU communication, has the Commission learned of the results of the international conference on the nature of theEU and the Union’s status in international law which was held on 28June2011 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, at which it was ascertained on the basis of scholarship (a)that the Lisbon Treaty organises theEU as a democracy without making it into a state and (b)that theEU is therefore a new phenomenon in terms of constitutional and international law? (Source: Het Financieele Dagblad, 7July2011, EU is geen staat, maar wel democratie [The EU is not a state but it is a democracy]).  1.Is the Commission aware that, on the Europa Server and in the EU’s publication Panorama, theEU is still described in terms of a confederation by calling it a ‘unique economic and political partnership of 27 democratic European countries’?  2.Does the Commission agree that unions of states by definition do not have any citizens or a directly elected parliament, whereas the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties made citizens of the Union a constituent component of theEU and this question is being tabled by a directly elected Member of the European Parliament?  3.Will the Commission acknowledge that theEU does not constitute a state but a union of states, but, pursuant to the Lisbon Treaty (Articles9-12 and particularly Article10(1)), is founded on representative democracy? Does the Commission also recognise that theEU needs to be made considerably more democratic?  4.  Does the Commission agree that theEU has therefore developed into a democratic polity of 27 states and 500million citizens and if so, will the Commission:      —  take the initiative in future to describe theEU as a democratic polity of states and citizens;      —  propagate this vision in its communication about theEU with citizens and the outside world, and      —  promote the further development of theEU into a living democracy?