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 41.0 covered topics including product knowledge; questions on Europe, European unification and the European Election; European currency; image of countries and quality products; tobacco and smoking; donating blood and blood transfusions, and the danger of infection with AIDS.