Not for the first time, the politicians who run Europe have drawn the wrong message from a vote of the people.

Just as in the past, referendum reversals were interpreted as aberrations to be bulldozed aside, so the result in the first round of the French presidential election is being hailed as an endorsement of the EU project.

Since there is another round of voting to go, it astonishing that unelected bureaucrats in Brussels have taken it upon themselves to endorse Emmanuel Macron.