Wallonia's heroic stand against Ceta is a stand for democracy

For a short time, they were like the plucky Gauls of the Asterix series, a small region in Belgium holding out against a legion of countries ready to sign a transatlantic trade deal.

But, it seems the pressures and ultimatums on the Walloon government have cleared the way for the Belgian federal government to sign the Canada-EU trade deal (Ceta).

The debate, though, is far from over. In exchange for ending their veto, the Walloon government has sought the opinion of the European...