Indeed - but never count your chickens until they hatched. That AOPA newsletter has a great article about how the UK CAA managed to avoid "excessive loss of work to EASA" and how this included collaboration with other European CAAs who were facing the same threat.
The EU organisations are staffed with very bright people (with the money they pay, they can afford the brightest - if not the most customer-motivated) and will be very skilled players in work creation.