Brussels, 03/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, as Jean-Claude Juncker continued his pre-summit consultations with the prime ministers of Latvia, Estonia and Cyprus - Aigars Kalvitis, Andrus Ansip and Tassos Papadopoulos - Germany pointed out that it would be willing to show more flexibility in order to facilitate an agreement on financial perspectives at the European Council on 16/17 June. On Thursday after his meeting with Mr Juncker in Luxembourg, Chancellor Schröder said that “Germany is willing to move” on the budget if this would allow the EU to show citizens that it does work and is able to take decisions, despite the French and Dutch no-votes on the Constitution. It would seem that Mr Schröder may, in principle, accept the new Presidency proposal (which limits commitment appropriations to 1.06% of the enlarged EU's gross national income, while providing for “specific measures” for Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands to reduce their budgetary contributions: EUROPE 8960), but Berlin also said on Friday that the 2002 agreement on agricultural spending should not be affected and that the United Kingdom should make concessions on the “British cheque”. Mr Schröder (who is to meet Jacques Chirac in Berlin on 4 June, and in Paris on 10 June) will hold a meeting with Tony Blair on 13 June in Berlin. In Dublin, Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern stated that his government will not decide until after the summit if the Irish referendum on the Constitution is to be held or not. It was also learnt on Friday that, after the Dutch no-vote, Gerhard Schröder had suggested organising a meeting in Berlin, on Saturday, of the six founding countries to “reflect on their responsibility”, but that the Dutch Prime Minister, Peter Balkenende, declined the invitation. According to the German government, the five other countries were willing to attend. In Luxembourg, during the launch of the campaign for the referendum on 10 July on the Constitution, Mr Juncker restated that he would resign in the event of a no-vote. According to AFP, he also said that, if over five member countries take a stance against the Constitution, “it is dead”.