From Sunday’s Non to economic reform

Editorial says: 'France has spoken and it is not a pretty sound. Sunday's rejection of the European Union's constitutional treaty amounted to a cry of rage and fear. It has exposed crises of leadership and reform in France and the wider EU'. It concludes: 'The EU constitutional treaty is desirable but not the greatest prize on offer. It would even be worth the EU struggling on with the clumsy arrangements of the treaty of Nice, provided a real push for economic reform arises from the wreckage of the past weekend'.