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10:12 GMT 11:12 UK French say firm 'No' to EU treaty Supporters
of the "No" vote celebrating in Paris The "No" camp on both the
right and the left is jubilant French voters have overwhelmingly
rejected the European Union's proposed constitution in a key
referendum.   The vote could deal a fatal blow to the EU
constitution, which needs to be ratified by all 25 member
states.  President Jacques Chirac accepted the voters'
"sovereign decision", but said it created "a difficult context
for the defence of our interests in Europe".  The French leader
had campaigned hard for a "Yes" vote.   The BBC's Caroline Wyatt
in Paris says the rejection by one of the EU's founding members
is a political earthquake, sending reverberations right across
Europe.  Winners and losers  European Commission President Jose
Manuel Barroso described the French rejection as "a very serious
problem," but insisted: "We