In the past few years, a spate of politicians in Germany and other countries in Europe have been accused of plagiarizing their doctoral theses or other academic work. Here are four high-profile officials who have quit their jobs because of such allegations.
Annette Schavan resigned as Germany’s minister of research and education in February, after Heinrich Heine University revoked her doctorate. An academic committee said her 1980 thesis, Person and Conscience, had copied material from other publications without proper attribution. She has denied any academic misconduct and has vowed to sue the institution to get her degree back.
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