"There is space for an anti-euro party in Germany, " said Oskar Niedermayer, a political scientist at Berlin's Free University.

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It has, says Oskar Niedermayer, a political-science professor at Berlin's Free University, caused a one-time shift in Germany's political balance of power.

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"Germany is clever enough to adapt its position to a new political constellation in France, " said Etienne Francois from the French Center at Berlin's Free University.

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