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 62.2 covered topics including: social behaviour and attitudes; international politics and organizations; mass political behaviour, attitudes and opinion;  government, political systems and organizations; rural economics; and economic systems and development.