The Times says the campaign in France had "all but demolished the shaky authority of President Chirac".

The vote showed wrath at the supremacy of "Anglo-Saxon doctrines and general anxiety over a world that seems to threaten the French way of life".

Columnist Tim Hames suggests any future votes of states should be simultaneous like the Eurovision song contest.

Voters' mistake

The Daily Mail says Tony Blair now has a "massive political headache".

It said the French had seen through the "spin and bluster" of those who painted the constitution as an exercise in clarification and tidying up.

But it says those French voters who believed the constitution flawed because it was too British in character had been mistaken.

Peter Oborne says France was united in rejecting the "Enarques", the highly educated technocrats who rule Europe.

Economic reform

The Financial Times also identifies the "No" as a "crushing personal blow" for French President Jacques Chirac.

It says there is a more important issue than the treaty in the shape of economic reform, which it says much of Europe is failing to tackle.

In the Guardian, Peter Preston describes the treaty as a "dud, a dodo, an impossible dream" and says it never stood a chance.

He says the issue is of "faith and vision" but that Europe will go on.

Blair vision

The Daily Telegraph says Brussels has put in too much to let "a little thing" like a referendum get in the way.

Columnist Rachel Sylvester says it is time for Tony Blair to push his vision.

The newspaper said voters had been unimpressed by "fearmongering" on both sides, with many leaving their decision to the last moment.