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 72.1 covered topics including: social behavior and attitudes; social exclusion; specific social services (use and provision); environmental degradation; pollution and protection; income, property and investment and saving; economic conditions and indicators and economic systems and development.