For the people who have not yet decided on a search engine. The most EU way you can go is Ecosia or Qwant as they are building their own search index.
Ecosia is my personal pick as its also aimed at planting trees and they have quite a good browser alongside it.
Far from it, if you’re willing to pay for good search check out Kagi. You don’t realize how busted search is until you see what it’s like when ads aren’t the business model.
I’ve been a paying subscriber to Kagi since 2023. Everything I wrote in my previous comment is still true. I’m glad that it works for you, though.