People are being very negative about all this. How often in the past have the aviation communities been given the opportunity to have a say. Allowance has to be made for the fact that this is a europe wide consultation and so the document will almost certainly be translated into several different languages.
There are revealed some very interesting ideas in there, such as the possibility that not only will recreational licences be devolved to (or remain with) national organisations but that the requirements may actually be relaxed. Not only that, but differing levels of qualification may exist for different catagories of commercial licence. This could, for example, make it easier for instructors to train and instruct for remuneration.
There are already some benefits beginning to come through in the field of C of As issued by EASA which have Europe wide validity, whic may please the owners of Yak 18Ts in due course!