Yep,
same happening in another countries...almost half of europe
AFAIK. Supposedly with the ESSAR 5 coming in place changes will be made but nobody really knows how or when -even if it comes into practice in april-.
So until today you are asked to start from scratch no matter what your experience is and wether you have an european licence or not -few exceptions like Eurocontrol, DFS or naviair when they need people ASAP-.
So we'd love to go and show but not allowed yet.
A.