Historically Europe was a region constantly reminded of people power. The Greek crises is the first "European" action in the Eurozone since the foundation of th

Historically Europe was a region constantly reminded of people power. The Greek crises is the first "European" action in the Eurozone since the foundation of the European Union. Like everyone else I curse under my breath when train drivers on strike make me late to something (german train drivers just closed one of their longest strikes of recent memory). But I'm also grateful that these actions happen as they remind everyone including myself of, well, power of the people, at some point other than the token 4 year vote.