Both the Tecnam P2002 and the Cessna152 are light aircraft. The micros I have flown have been very good, particularly the Eurostar, but have very limited lifting capacity. I much prefer the handling of the Eurostar to that of the C152, but a VLA (which is a light aircraft) is the best of both worlds with micro running costs but more speed and lifting cap.
A permit aircraft can be tested to section S (micro) or CS-VLA / JAA23 Light aircraft.
Rod1