"If something is not broken, then it is not fixed." Rolf said sagely, more in reference to why the system in Germany was different than to the fact that John had seen little change, but he assumed that really, it still applied. "It is not private in the way that you think--ah, this--as this cafe is owned by people, but in sense that it does not have to be reporting or answering to the Magischebundestag. It is not them that do assigning. Not them that have final say as you do in the courts. The Ministry, yes, it runs your courts?"
He paused a bit and turned his coffee so that the handle faced his other hand. "Also it is small. In Germany there are not many wizards as was living there before. Wizards, they hold tight to history, yes?"