France is looking to Germany to provide symbolic help ahead of its referendum on the European Constitution in June.
According to German daily FT Deutschland, in order to increase the chances of the country saying yes to the referendum, the German parliament wants to ratify the charter at the beginning of June - just before the French referendum.
This was agreed by the two heads of parliament, Wolfgang Thierse und Jean-Louis Debré, at the beginning of the month.
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