Plagiarism accusations – Austrian labor minister resigns – foreign policy



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Another well-known politician who has been under pressure due to supposedly impure scientific work.

Austria’s Minister of Family and Labor, Christine Aschbacher (ÖVP), resigns on accusations of plagiarism. He justified his move on Saturday with a prejudice from “the media and fellow politicians.” Previously, allegations had been made that Aschbacher had copied parts of his scientific work without properly identifying the sources.

The 37-year-old man strictly rejected the accusations of the expert Stefan Weber, known as the “plagiarism hunter”. According to Aschbacher, she always wrote her work (it was a diploma thesis and a dissertation) to the best of her knowledge and belief and relied on the evaluation of recognized professors. She resigns to protect her family from hostility and abuse.

The policy presented its dissertation to the Technical University of Bratislava in Slovakia last May. He wrote his diploma thesis in 2006 at a university of applied sciences in Vienna. Weber also accused the minister of “gibberish” and lack of knowledge of German on his blog in a brusque tone.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz thanked Aschbacher on the short message service Twitter for her services as Minister of Labor in the Corona crisis. Whoever follows her in office must be announced on Monday.

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