Jean-Michel Paul, Columnist

Only Germans Love the Euro These Days

They weren't expecting to like it. Others weren't expecting to hate it.

Now other Europeans share this view.

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French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen unsettled investors with her pledge to pull France out of the euro and re-denominate all French debt in newly minted francs. Polls suggest Le Pen won't get the chance; she is expected to lose a second-round runoff. Even if polls are correct this time, that doesn't mean the euro is safe.

In fact, political support for the single currency has been waning -- especially in Germany's two largest euro-zone trading partners.