[sameermanek]

They also had some search engine announced with similar name like "openeurosearch" or something close to that.

That project too seems dormant lately.

They just announce things and then the train leaves the station.

[rafram]

That was just an Ecosia rebrand, not an official EU thing: https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-j...

[sunshine-o]

The official EU "Google alternative" was Quaero (not Qwant which is something else). Announced in 2005 and ended in 2013.

I don't believe anything was ever made public.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaero