> Some of the root servers are also in the EU, so there is zero dependence on the USA for resolving european ccTLDs.

What percentage of the organizations that run the root servers are non-US? There are thirteen logical root servers ([a-m].root-servers.org):

* https://root-servers.org/

Three (i, k, m) are not run by non-US legal entities: Netnod (SE), RIPE (NL), WIDE (JP).