Hey Keith, hey all,
I think it’s not only the European model, but the whole 200 V class world (blue/green), which means, everywhere except in the 100 V class world (brown/orange). And in Japan (also 100 V class), you only get LiIon-battery cordless Makita trim routers today (not the badest thing).
If I search the web, I don’t see the old RT0700C model still being available anywhere.
As the Makita hand trim router is a tool for hand-held, short duration use that looses its warranty as soon as you mount it into a CNC machine (Makita said), I think the anti-autorestart function makes sense. Imagine the accidents that can happen if a hand-held tool is on when the power comes back after an outage (don’t ask me how I know).
So I think the people in the girly power world should expect this (in fact not new) feature to come soon to you too.