The rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by Irish voters has topped the agenda on news websites around the world.
London's TimesOnline is leading with Ireland's No vote to the treaty, which it claims has plunged the European Union into crisis.
News sites throughout Europe were leading with the latest on the referendum ahead of the official results.
The
Guardiansaid the rejection of the treaty had thrown "the entire project of reshaping the EU into turmoil" while the
BBC'sonline news service said the vote was "bound to undermine the bloc's public legitimacy and dent its confidence when it faces other big players on the world stage."
In Spain, El Paisheadlined its top story with the words 'Ireland turns its back on the EU'. In France, Liberation. Le Monde and others also lead with the Lisbon Treaty referendum story.
The websites of Germany's Bildand Der Spiegelnewspapers are both providing close coverage of developments here, with Der Spiegel'stop headline declaring that the Irish have blocked EU reform. "In a major setback for the European Union, Irish voters appeared on Friday to have rejected the Lisbon Treaty that was to replace the failed EU constitution," it said.
According to Radio Netherlands, the 'no' vote signals a crisis in the EU. While Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende called the result disappointing, he said his government would press ahead with the ratification process and he refused to talk about a crisis, preferring to wait to hear from the Irish government during next week's EU summit.
The victory for the "no" camp means a country with fewer than 1% of the EU's 490 million population could wreck a treaty painstakingly negotiated over years by leaders of all 27 member states, the Melbourne Age said.
The referendum has also been in the headlines on some US news organisations with CNNonline leading with the headline 'EU crisis looms with Irish 'no' vote', while the New York Timesis quoting the Minister for Justice's comments on the likely outcome of the vote.
The Los Angeles Timesis describing the situation as "a stunning setback to efforts to draft a modern new European constitution".