The most undeniable implication of the French vote has been to raise a large question mark over the future of the EU’s traditional integration project. Rather than admit any such thing, Chirac hurried to meet German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, so that they could jointly reaffirm their traditional alliance as the spiritual leaders of this European project, in the hope that the Constitutional Treaty might yet be rescued.
法国公决的最不容忽视的影响在于它给欧盟传统的一体化进程的未来划上了一个巨大的问号。希拉克不愿承认这一点，而是立刻和法国总理施罗德会晤，借此向世人重新昭示他们作为这项欧洲进程的精神领袖的传统盟友形象，并企望《宪法条约》还有被挽救的余地。但他们谁也不能阐明应该如何力挽狂澜。