On our Village pump a not so active user states he called the office of Monsiuer Cavadas and talked with his secretary. And that she said the aim of the proposal is to keep status as it is today. That in France and Belgium they will keep restrictions for commercial use of panorama images, but that other EU countries can keep freedom for photos in their counties. And that the proposal should be seen as a reaction to the Reda report which proposed free images should be mandatory for all counties
I can not verify these statements as facts, but it could be an explanation of why now this proposal (still being awful)
Anders