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The initiative comes as European policymakers face mounting pressure to establish greater control over communications infrastructure considered essential to national security, economic resilience and military operations.
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Europe’s reliance on U.S. satellite services has become particularly sensitive following reported disruptions affecting satellite communications used by Ukraine. …
European satellite operators, including Eutelsat and SES, are increasingly viewed as important participants in the continent’s efforts to reduce its dependence on foreign communications networks.
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This is what you get if you use proprietary stuff instead of Open Source.
It wouldn’t help even if EU went with open source or something as Ukraine is already using proprietary terminals. But perhaps it would help in future.