This paper seeks to demonstrate the lack of any integrated European information policy. This lack of integra tion is shown to be due to intrinsic properties of information itself, as well as due to the political characteristics of the European Union (EU). The paper shows how any EU information policy has to take account of multiple strands of relevance and significance, together with many objectives, some of which conflict. It also evaluates the means by which policy is formulated, with particular reference to internal administrative and political divisions within the European Commission's policy-making bodies, and to the other factors which cause policy uncertainty.
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