Germinating democracy

Another anxiously awaited Euro up or under perceived event last Wednesday was the preliminary (!) ruling of the German constitutional court on the German government's conditioned ability whereby it could subscribe the ESM, so needed to mitigate further panic on the short term, although politically engineered to provide long term security for the Eurozone (exposed) countries.

I suppose in the heat of the moment, it had not occurred to me and apparently neither to many people that the plaintiff who had put the injuction against further financial advancements of the present German government intended role in safeguarding the Euro was a "mere" sum of organized civilians.

In a democracy - which should automatically imply a functioning judiciary system - it should be irrelevant who pursues to subject any matter to a test of constitutionality, but I have to admit I am impressed with the reaching ability of this Mehr Demokratie, a Berlin based organization of already more than 20 years old, proclaiming politicians are caught up in their own web and that democratie is thus to be secured via referenda and other civil initiatives, including protest.  They are the main sponsor of an international network for democracy for which the logo has recently been innovated to what I perceive to be small leaves of germinating (not Germanating!) seeds.

In today's world in order to be righteous in proclaiming nearly anything and especially sensitive matters as popular democracy in an union as the European one, it would be essential that a connection is made with other nations. 

Looking ahead, I cannot help wondering whether it would work, a fairly educated and experienced organization in one country, planned, structured and office equipped, looking to match up with possibly more hot headed striking, stone throwing, flag burning,  supermarket robbing, foreign car bashing, suicided bombing initiatives spread around the world, some of which one can only wonder how much was initiated by the equally ordinary civilians in the forefront.

Then again, isn't that where the true deficit lies, in a national population's lack of belief or mere hope for a functioning judiciary system, where all are equal before ... etc.  After all, in order for someone to be perceived a Robin Hood, someone near would need to be seen in the role of the incompetent Sheriff of Nottingham.