Unwillingness to Share

At Social Change in Contemporary Latin America, a Mexico-related view of the French "no":

The worst aspect of the defeat of the European constitution in France is the fact that it was driven by the fear of the "Polish plumber," which is the same fear of the Mexican or Central American immigrant here in the United States. It is a fear based in the unwillingness of the relatively wealthy populations of France, Britain, Holland, and the United States to share some of the privileges that they have had for 100 or 150 years.