Can anyone tell me why there isn't a CIX in Europe? Or perhaps one is in the works?

because there is a LINK (London Internet Neutral eXchange) which does the same thing at least for demon, pipex, bt and ukerna it does....

This may seem like an ignorant question (or at least, "politically uninformed"), but it seems abhorent to me that all the various commerical providers in Europe have to pull lines to Alexandria, VA (or wherever) to connect to each other.

not our problem:-) jon