Well, here it is, the big day. And getting here has been all the fun.

'OUI' CAMP TO GIVE THEIR ALL AS 'NON' RUNS AHEAD
PARIS, May 23 (AFP)

FRENCH 'OUI' CAMPAIGNERS NOW ADMITTING DEFEAT
PARIS, May 25 (AFP)

EU STARES INTO ABYSS OF FRENCH 'NO' VOTE
BRUSSELS, May 26 (AFP)

EUROPEAN PRESS WRITES OFF 'YES' CAMP
THE HAGUE, May 27 (AFP)

If there is one person that the NON camp can thank for the swell in their ranks, it's Jack blundering around in the OUI camp.

BITTER GISCARD BITES AT CHIRAC OVER EU DEBACLE
PARIS, April 24 (AFP)

Also see our earlier post.

And for nostalgists of co-habitation:

CHIRAC, JOSPIN BACK TOGETHER IN BID TO SAVE TREATY
PARIS, May 24 (AFP)

Wherein M. Jospin makes this inspiring argument:

SAVE 'NO' VOTE FOR CHIRAC ELECTIONS, SAYS JOSPIN
PARIS, May 24 (AFP)

Jack finished up with a television appeal on Thursday, without any snotty interlocutors:

CHIRAC MAKES FINAL, DESPERATE APPEAL FOR EU TREATY
PARIS, May 26 (AFP)

CHIRAC FINAL APPEAL 'TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE'
PARIS, May 27 (AFP)

Dutch center-left De Volkskrant:

Chirac's televised address to the nation [was] "alarmist" and overly dramatic.

German center-left Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

"The president should have stayed away from the campaign.

"With each public statement, he strengthened opposition against him, driving ever greater numbers into the 'no' camp.

"Voters are not prepared to be asked for their opinion, and at the same time be called ignorant because they refuse to deliver the answer expected of them."

Russian Nezavissimaya Gazeta:

"The Elysee palace is hoping for a miracle,"...adding: "Chirac himself does not believe the referendum can succeed."

More rave reviews here, wherein the French press bravely climbs out of Jack's pocket to kick him while he's down.

The good news, no more blathering about a multipolar world.