The answer is pretty obvious. They need to stop playing politics and come up with a sensible PPL IR that is achievable for the working PPL and in the name of safety.
...which will never happen.
Can you imagine EASA accepting an IR with one ground exam, taken on a computer whenever you want after self study and some ground school from your CFII?
Can you imagine EASA only REQUIRING 15 hrs of instrument instruction, the rest of the "instrument time" made up however you want (safety pilot for ex.)?
Can you imagine EASA giving credit for previous instrument time?
Can you imagine EASA allowing rolling currency requirements?
Can you imagine EASA allowing a lapsed IR to be revalidated by FI and NOT examiner?
If you can imagine EASA allowing this lot then you do have an IR akin to the FAA IR. Unfortunately they would NEVER allow 99% of this and so we will NEVER have an IR akin to the FAA IR.
What really needs to happen is for the Gold Plated JAR IR to be re-hashed and a new ATPL flight test and ground exams introduced at 1500 hrs. That way those of us who don't want to fly a Boeing don't have to meet Boeing standards or requirements.