I would have voted YES for sure. Sadly I didn't get anything from the Egyptian consulate so I couldn't vote.
How can you imagine a real europe without a constitution? It's the base, the texts that will define the common values we share about defense, social issues, economical issues,etc..
By saying no to that, you just put credit on the economical exchange zone schema that many critisize.
Those who supported the NO said that this constitution was not well designed but let me them this: Only a few part of the population has the capacity to fully understand the texts, so how come they vote to rate or not them.
This constitution ( I read the whole text) was not bad and offered many solutions to build a real Europe. If you disagree with that, please quote the article or the part you disagree with and I will be glad to argue with you.
Now, what will be consequence of this? I think that some countries, certainly influenced by the french NO, will also vote against the constitution. The texts will have to be redesigned and we'll certainly have to again (we NEED a constitution so we'll have to accept one in the future). So what is the profit of the operation: losing time, which Europe doesn't have (we have to face big challenges like the Chinese importation policy and if the Europe doesn't speak from one voice, they could take profit from that), and cause tensions and trouble through the european union.
The most annoying point is that the Constitution brought many solutions to critics French had against Europe. For example, the people who will represent each country will no more be administration employees but elected people. Like this we'll have a political europe and no more the administrative europe that so many rejected.
The same for the decision concerning international conflict. The European position during the Last Irakian conflict was a Joke. How do you think that things will be improved if you don't write somewhere the global statement that Europe as toward those issues?
Now let me give you my point of view on the French population. It's a little bit simplistic but like this everybody will get it. France has tremendous assets (more than the other countries think and even more that what French people think) but we have two HUGE defaults:
-We are lazy
-We have a BIG mouth.
So let's take the constitution as an example. We have a big mouth so everybody is giving his opinion on it, even those who can't understand the key points behing this decision (There is nothing wrong in not understanding some tough decisions. I personnally was not able to give my opinion before reading the constitution itself). We are lazy so no one took the time to REALLY read it carefully to have a clear view.
Without a strong U-turn in the population mentality, my country will sink slowly.
France is like the titanic, it's a beautiful boat that is going straight into an iceberg. Some people try to warn the passengers but few listen since they are so focused to keep all their privileges. What is the use in fighting for all those privileges if those privileges will make you sink?