The Constitutional Court rejected a challenge to Parliament's expected ratification of the European Union constitution next month.
Diplomats said they expected ratification by the end of the year.
Mr. Gettelfinger said he expects ratification to conclude within several weeks.
AT&T said it expected ratification by the members of the two unions over the next several weeks, and that terms of yesterday's agreement would take effect on May 12.
Egyptian Islamists are holding rallies in support of President Mohammed Morsi ahead of his expected ratification of a new post-revolutionary constitution that opponents fear is too based in sharia law and does not adequately protect human rights.
Under the union procedures, directors from the East will vote on the package Thursday, which will be followed by an expected ratification via mail by the 135,000 actors represented by the two unions.
The two countries have said they expect the ratification process to be completed within months.
Union locals representing about 2,800 workers at five plants, including ones in Chicago and Ypsilanti, Mich., reported the results of their votes Friday; they approved the deal 4 to 1. "We expect the ratification to go very smoothly," Joel Goddard, a top U.A.W. negotiator and chairman of the Ypsilanti plant, said after union leaders voted this week to recommend the deal to their members.
Climate campaigners now expected a ratification "surge" in September, with other major emitters such as Brazil, the world's seventh largest emitter, following suit, Song added.
Although these bilaterals have been formally ratified so far by only 15 countries, the Pentagon claims they are already "in force" in 41, and expects more ratifications to follow.The United States insists that it is not against international courts per se.
Consistent with this, we expect that the auditor ratification vote will be more informed when institutional ownership within a company is higher.
