I think whatever Europe does it is quite insulting to IMC rating holders who have taken and passed a series of tests laid down by the legally appointed regulatory authority and then imply that they have not demonstrated their competence.
And I've done nothing of the sort. I've repeatedly said that I believe that group of IMC-rating holders, who use their ratings to plan and execute IFR flights which would require IRs in any other country, are perfectly capable of demonstrating their competence to do so by taking and passing an IR skills test. What puzzles me is why
they are so adamant that they shouldn't have to.