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I think the question is more why isn't there a like Google in terms of size reach and power in Europe. Less then why ain't there a search engine arguably one of the smallest aspects of Google
There are plenty of good European searches engines. There are NO googles in Europe.
Which basically just comes down to Europe has some of the most Draconian laws possible when it comes to ownership, copyright and the like. That basically squashed any hope for Europe to ever hope to compete against something like Google back in the day.
Even today the laws in Europe basically make it unviable to complete on the scale of most American or Chinese companies operate at generally.