I'm afraid I've seen this coming for some years now - the driving of a wedge between Sport Flying on the one hand, and 'proper' flying - CPL and above - on the other. The whole EASA approach seems to be tending to set in stone that distinction between people who fly for fun - and only need day VFR, naturally (have they ever actually visited the UK?!) and those who fly for work, and need a CPL.
Lost somewhere in between are those who fly themselves around for personal transport and actually need to get somewhere. Sadly they are a very small group, unlike in the US, and are being trampled on.
Tim