Until you get AOPA, AWAL,AAAA,SAAA,AMROBA,RAA,HGFA,GFA, and all the ones I have forgotten in one room with a clear decisive mandate to work together it will not happen.
In the USA the FAA play silly games too, and some dodgey stuff goes on, but they really do have a very healthy respect for the EAA and AOPA.
Unfortunately the Associate Director, not so much the Head Honcho, prefers the adverserial approach to everything yet will not put his name to anything much for it might bite him on the arse.
So Thorn Bird.....how do we fix all that? I am at a loss.