The Eurobarometer is a program commissioned by the European Commission to monitor public opinion in the European Union member countries. Topics vary with each series, and have included agriculture, energy, environment, gender roles, immigration, knowledge of foreign languages, poverty, public health, technology, and other special topics.

Eurobarometer 50.1 covered topics including: trade, industry and markets; information and society; international politics and organizations; government, political systems and organizations; family life and marriage; consumption and consumer behavior; and economic systems and development.