infrequentflyer789: The whole affair was a classic example of our overstuffed EU/UK bureaucracy which has no plan, no clue, and no ability to respond other than by getting in the way.
Entertaining rant but you're wrong about the EU. Initially they had no mandate to get involved, when they stepped in over the first weekend to clear up the mess that the national authorities were making of it (and a lot of highly placed bureaucrats racked up a lot of weekend overtime) things started to happen with some rapidity.