Teoretisk set kunne EU uden tvivl forhandle sig frem til et memorandum, der giver medlemsstaterne mulighed for at benytte disse informationer, men som det er nu, skal EU straks sørge for at beskytte sig selv ved hjælp af et andet krypteringssystem end de nuværende, f.eks. ved hjælp af det helt nye Hermes-system, der er et resultat af EU 's forskning, og som fungerer via punkt-til-punkt-teleoverførsel, så oplysningerne ikke kan opfanges af spionsatellitter.
In theory, the European Union could certainly negotiate a memorandum of understanding allowing the Member States to use this information but, for the moment and in the short term, the European Union must think about protecting itself autonomously with a different cryptographic system from those currently in place, such as the state of the art Hermes system which is the product of European research, with remote point-to-point transport so that the data cannot be captured by the spy satellite.