http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20161025-091644 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/european-vetocracy-how-to-overcome-the-wallonian-ceta-problem/ European vetocracy? How to overcome the Wallonian CETA problem Mayer, Franz C. eng 2016-10-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 CETA free trade agreement TTIP Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Democracy is not the issue here. Rather, the CETA/Wallonia issue is a vivid demonstration of overfederalization that leaves not only Belgium but the entire European Union unable to act. As an ultima ratio, one option remains: Why not simply close the agreement without Belgium?