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# European Parliament makes Qwant, not Google, its default search engine
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-06-04-european-parliament-qwant-default-search/
- Published: 2026-06-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T12:00:15.000Z
- Description: The European Parliament makes Qwant, not Google, the default search engine on its Edge and Firefox browsers for its 720 MEPs and thousands of staff, citing digital sovereignty and reduced reliance on non-EU tools.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [VAR India, "EU Parliament to switch to French search engine from Google", 4 June 2026](https://www.varindia.com/news/eu-parliament-to-switch-to-french-search-engine-from-google?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not stop staff manually selecting Google, so actual search traffic may not shift as much as the default implies.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, whose law governs. Binding 3 of 3 (in force or operating), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Reported counts half: weight +6 of 36 possible. EU institution defaults to French-owned, EU-law search engine over US-owned Google, now live. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-23\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)