From IHT: David Brooks: Europe and the liberal illusion

I am not familiar with EU politics but the french no vote - and i heard the Dutch no has prevailed also - will have serious repercussions on the future course that the EU will take. However, the referendum outcome probably sheds more light on the nature of global politics today than on the psyche of French or EU politics per se. It is why the majority of the French said no that lends insight on the various issues pertaining to globalisation today - its political implications for advanced countries, which supposedly should be in a better position to benefit from globalisation, no?