French and German leaders are heading for Spain to boost the yes-campaign in the run up to the first referendum on the EU Constitution.
Spain is the first of ten countries in the EU to ratify the treaty by popular vote, which will be held on Sunday, 20 February.
French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder will arrive in Barcelona tonight to endorse the pro-Constitution forces, led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
Their Ital...
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