Hi everyone,
As far as Brussels in concerned this can be packaged in a way that provides extra traction to our FoP reform initiative. We now have a very concrete and recent example to answer the question "But did you ever really have any problems with that?".
As far as Sweden is concerned, between Anna, John and Karl the chapter is such a high concentration of public policy expertise that I am sure they will manage to spin it as they please. We will all help them with anything they ask for.
Meanwhile, it would be important to make sure as many individuals and professional organisations (photographers, painters, architects) participate in the consultation by the EU. We're currently working on our draft answers. There will one set that is provided to the general public as an answering guide and then again our own set of answers. You can participate here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/FoP_Consultation#Draft_Answers