Adrian N, you have no idea about what's actually going on....
You chose to move to France and can no longer use an IMCR. OK - but don't criticise those fighting for its retention. We do not share the glazed-eyed view that €urocratic 'one state' administrative ambition is of greater importance than the safety of future generations of UK pilots. A vastly more expensive pan-EU IR most assuredly does not 'trump' a rating whose safety has a proven 40+ year track record in this country.
Pace, we made a lot of proposals for both the EIR and C-bM IR, most of which have been accepted (e.g. less onerous FAA IR conversion criteria for the C-bM IR, more specific definitions for the EIR which met the safety concerns of many, etc.). But there are some NAAs who will not accept the perceived 'threat' EIR holders will allegedly pose to them in terminal airspace (due to SID/STAR/IAP limitations), others who say that their ATSUs are not established for the additional workload - and others who have deep fundamental concerns about sub-ICAO instrument pilots sharing airspace with CAT traffic....