Quaero To Compete With Google 

The Europeans are joining the search engine sweepstakes.

From AdAge.com:

France and Germany dislike the idea of Googling. But somehow we find Quaeroing just doesn't have the same snap. Last year, French President Jacques Chirac and German President Gerhard Schroeder revealed their plan to create and launch a search engine to rival Google, in part because they fear the Americanization of all culture. Thus was Quaero, Latin for "I search," born.

Quaero is expected to be usable by the end of this year.