there can be little doubt that European (most states anyway) standards of instrument flying are among the highest in the world.
Care to rank the Best Five or Ten for us as you seem to have a unique view of the situation? You have any Statistics to corroborate your statement?
It is not the License/Rating that matters but the recency, currency, and proficiency that matters in the real World.
Jumping through a bunch of expensive hoops doesn't make one a capable instrument pilot six months later. Instrument flying skills are very perishable.
Planned Instrument flying is fairly safe, it is the IIMC events that kill folks even those with European Ratings.