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 74.1 covered topics including: trade, industry and markets; social stratification and groupings; social welfare policy and systems; economic conditions and indicators; economic policy; and economic systems and development.