There are very few gutters indeed into which the Belgian establishment will not descend when it feels the necessity but, maddened beyond endurance by the impertinent Dutch “nee,” Belgium’s foreign minister, one Karel de Gucht, has set a new low. The Dutch, said de Gucht, were “superficial and unreliable” for having dared to reject the EU “constitution” and also, it seems, for having supported the murdered Pim Fortuyn, who was, explained the sensitive de Gucht, “an extravagant, militant homosexual with a deviating opinion and chauffeur-driven Bentley.”

De Gucht is, quite clearly, trash. That makes him an entirely representative figure of Belgium’s venal and degenerate political class and, therefore, a perfect foreign minister for that unfortunate country.

He should keep his job.