France's Qwant will this week become the default search engine on MEPs' computers
The European Parliament will this week replace Google with France’s Qwant – a European alternative search engine – as the default on its computers, according to an email seen by Euractiv.
Microsoft is usually core to discussions of European institutions’ (lack of) tech sovereignty, with almost all EU bodies using the US giant’s Office workplace suite. But Google is also extremely entrenched in the global search engine market with a European market share of about 90%.
Parliament will attempt to move the needle away from the US giant starting on Thursday – a day after the European Commission is due to present a package of legal proposals aimed at boosting the bloc’s tech sovereignty and reducing reliance on US tech giants.
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