A quote from Perry de Havilland at Samizdata, 11 December 2007

Yes, it is true. I am going to go and sign the treaty for the European Constitution on behalf of Belgium. [...] If the people who were voted out of office in Belgium months ago can sign the treaty, then why not me too? [...]

They have no more right than I do to sign anything on behalf of Belgium. The fact that the Belgian establishment can and have simply banned popular political parties that do not play by the required consensus should indicate that to all intents, Belgium is not a democracy in any meaningful sense. This latest action indicates Belgium is in fact some sort of divine right oligarchy where being a member of the power elite is all the legitimisation you need.