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> Most domains are restricted in some may - usually geographically.

most TLDs are not restricted, including most EU countries.

Okay let's pretend I said lots of them instead of most of them. What does that change? The rules for .eu aren't anything out of the ordinary. Australia has exactly the same requirements IIRC. .uk also requires a local contact.

local contact is very different, it means anyone in the world can use that domain. EU is quite restrictive even by the standards of its constituent countries, e.g. germany doesnt require you to be a german resident.

The rules allow EEA members that are not part of the EU , like norway, to use .eu. Given that there are so many british domains registered it seems like breaking them is the wrong approach - a simple change in the rules would do it.

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