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 65.1 covered topics including: law, crime and legal systems; trade, industry and markets; international politics and organizations; family life and marriage; consumption and consumer behavior and economic systems and development.