421C - as you have said the process is not transparent, so you didnt really need to ask the question of me. Whether as much as any political process is transparent is another debate; we all know the reality is that it isnt.
Whether AOPA, the CAA, EASA and other commentators have manged to give the best possible, clear and concise advice on what is or isnt likely to happen is much more debatable. If you had been involved in the process since the start (and perhaps you have) the conflicting reports that have been published, the changes of stance and the political posturing have been a truly disappointing reflection on the whole process.
National qualifications have been with us for ever; how these were to be accomodated in the process could have been set out very much earlier on, and in this much the Regulators have failed us all.