Update: "No EU for You!"

According to exit polls French citizens said "thanks, but no thanks" to the EU constitution today. The "No" campaign ended up with 55% of the vote, just about where pre-referendum polls had it. Chirac commented that he believed part of the reason why the referendum failed was due to citizens expressing their displeasure with Chirac's policies rather than a statement on France's perception of the EU. Further analysis is needed to determine whether Chirac is correct, although I suspect that the cast of characters that voted the constitution down included those groups that are most likely to dislike Chirac's policies as well as the EU--stay tuned...

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