The positive elements would be a more pragmatic approach to converting existing ICAO Pilot licences/certificates and ratings to their EASA equivalent, something it seems they are trying, but struggling to do, because the various CAAs around Europe have vested interests in making people spend money on compulsory theory training and examinations.
There are quite a few positive ideas kicking about, and quite a lot of the major screw ups are due to the various CAAs sticking their noses in and messing up the original EASA ideas.