We're only seeing half the story here. The EC have written this letter in response to one EASA sent them bemoaning the fact that they do not have enough staff/funding/time to cope with their designated tasks and of not having a snowball's chance of meeting the deadlines imposed under the Basic Regulation. Both sides are to blame - the EC for imposing impossible targets - EASA for accepting them in the first place. Business as usual in Eurocrat land it would appear...
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