EU countries intend to reduce dependence on US technologies due to the situation with Starlink it will take Europe years to implement such measures. "Officials have stepped up discussions on how to reduce reliance on U.S. defense contractors amid recent allegations of restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine," Bloomberg said. According to his sources, this issue was raised at the summit of EU leaders, which took place in mid-October. Among other things, focus on the use of existing government communication systems until the deployment of the European satellite network.