Regarding requiring dual licences to fly N reg aircraft in Europe! If you remember EASA had a bilateral agreement with the FAA already in place to which they hoped to attach FCL.
Last summer there was a joint meeting between the FAA and EASA to look at ways of bringing a bi lateral about dual licences being declared by EASA as not being their route of choice as well as being legally riddled with potholes for them regarding working pilots in Europe.
News to me. The requirement for an EASA licence for operators established or resident in the EU is law. It's not going to be changed before April 2014.
AFAIK, the Commission and EASA are working their empennages off trying to get the BASA implementation procedures for licensing in place by April 2014.