In France last week, posters in the small village of La Cadiere d'Azur advocate in favor of, and against, yesterday's national vote on the European Constitution.
[photos © eugene hernandez]

Today, the International Herald Tribune surveyed the reactions to the rejection of the document by voters:

French newspapers on Monday described May 29 as a historic turning point and took a gloomy view of the effect on France's influence in Europe.

"There will be a before- and an after-May 29," said Le Figaro. "The French take the risk that European history will proceed without them."

The leftist daily Libération called the vote a "monumental disavowal" for Chirac.
The no vote made France, a founding member of the European Union and one of its most influential, the first country to reject the charter, which was drafted in an effort to streamline decision-making in an expanded union.