Katie you are extremely well informed as always.
I disagree only with one point : I am not sure DFS is ready to take over MUAC for the reason you mentioned : they are out of cash. The recent GdF strike/agreement has done MUAC good in that any money set aside for an eventual take over is gone ( or will be soon gone ).
Because "buying" MUAC means huge Financial penalties to pay to the 2 other partners, as per the 1972 treaty, still in force..
The former FABEC head now chairs the Group on the future Institutions for Maastricht, and has put 5 options on the table. But until now it was the 2 German Ministries , transport and Defence ( we must not forget Lippe) calling the shots, not the DFS leadership. So DFS alone ? I don't think so. Consortium DFS-NVNL-Belgocontrol, more likely I would say. Satu quo ? possible ..Eurocontrol cannot be an ANSP anymore but could manage an ATS facility on request and behalf of States asking for it under new rules. .But I do not think this is the favored option at the moment.
I might of course be wrong in the end, but we'll see.