Comment by maxmoehl

Since you are based in the EU you could try to get on https://european-alternatives.eu/category/search-engines (or any other page listing EU-based alternatives to foreign services).

Surprisingly, my Kagi search for “eu alternatives” to get the link showed this blog post: https://yeechie.nl/uruky-kagi-alternative-eu-based-private-s... as a second result, what a weird coincidence.