The European Information Association is a focus of expertise on EU information

We started life in the pre-internet age, when simply finding official EU documents could be a difficult task.

We brought together people with resources and expertise and those who sought them. Although it is now generally true that access to EU information is no longer the barrier it once was, ignorance of the EU remains a problem.

The Association has no corporate view on whether the EU is a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. We do, however, believe that ignorance about the Union and how it works is detrimental to sensible discussion about EU issues. more ...

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Translation competition
Registration is now open for the latest 'Young Translators’...

New ABC
The guide 'The ABC of Community law', originally published...

New JHA websites
Dedicated websites are now available for the newly-created...

European Investigation Order
The European Commission has adopted an opinion on a...

Digital culture
The European Commission's Reflection Group on digitisation...

Financial sector supervision
COM (2010) 433 is a proposal for a Directive on...

Environment review
The Commission's 2009 Environment Policy Review looks...

Equality for self-employed
Directive 2010/41/EU 'on the application of the principle of...

Aid survey
A Special Eurobarometer survey on humanitarian aid...

EURODAC
COM (2010) 415 is the Commission's latest annual report on...

Confiscation orders
Framework Decision 2006/783/JHA applies the principle of...

National controls
The Commission's first report 'on the overall operation of...

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Communication has been a significant issue for the Commission and other EU institutions since the Danes voted 'nej' to the Treaty on European Union in 1992.

Public criticism of the incomprehensible nature, not only of the Treaty text, but also of the structure, processes and policies of the Union, provided the impetus for a new information and communication policy, based on transparency and openness. Information was suddenly seen not only as something of interest to businesses and students, but to citizens generally.

The latest manifestation of the Union's information and communication policy is 'Communicating Europe in Partnership' - a joint Parliament, Council, Commission initiative which recognises 'that communicating on the European Union requires a political commitment of EU Institutions and Member States, and that Member States have their responsibility to communicate with citizens about the EU. more ...