Number of Active .eu Domains Falling

Over the past few days, the figures for .eu have been wobbling. Yesterday, the number of active .eu domains according to Eurid’s own stats site was 2600889. At 0728 this morning it was 2600822. Now, at 0853 IST, it is 2600796 domains. The number of .eu domains is apparently falling. A lot of junk domains will continue to be dropped over the next few months. I wonder how Eurid management will spin this market reality check?
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Written by John McCormac on April 1st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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#1. April 1st, 2007, at 11:51 AM.

Yep Michele,
What seems to be happening now is a precursor. Some registrars are probably automatically deleting unwanted .eu domains. Others might avail of the 40 day quarantine period which is in the DNS.be/Eurid system and leave the domains lapse naturally. Eitherway, based on the number of domains mapped here, there has been a gradual falloff in registrations. But every major gTLD landrush is followed by a crash as the junk domains are cleared out of the system. Unfortunately the management of Eurid, the European Commission and its “expert” advisors can’t be removed in such a market adjustment.