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The article examines the territorial self-perception of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) as it was expressed in a prolonged border dispute on the German-French border. It mentions how the FRG's ambivalent position regarding these border corrections was exploited by right-wing activists to undermine state policy. It also mentions FRG government's attempt to have the treaty ratified in the Bundestag was foiled by the intervention of a group of conservative jurists.