Politically this has panned out well for the CAA (though they will never admit it). EASA have instructed member states to toe the line here - regarding military alignment with civvy ops. The crux is that the respective CAA's must do the leg work as it is not a simple paper exercise. The CAA simply don't have the staff to lead with this, so have suggested to the mil, that they do the leg work for them and they will then top and tail it for approval.
The military have already missed the boat in my opinion. This issue was aired well over a year ago and there seemed to be little or misunderstood impetus from the M0D to act in that time zone. The CAA simply don't/won't have time to push it through by next April. Game over.