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Franziska Giffey is accused of irregularities in her doctoral thesis, the family minister wants to renounce the title. That is not enough for many politicians. Advise more consequences.
Franziska Giffey no longer wants to use her PhD due to the accusation of plagiarism in her dissertation. However, in a personal statement, the Federal Minister of the Family rules out other consequences; there is criticism for this. Giffey also endorses his candidacy for the state presidency of the Berlin SPD on November 27; its ability does not depend on this title. Background to this step: Last week, the Free University (FU) of Berlin announced that it wanted to reopen the examination procedure for Giffey’s doctoral thesis.
This attitude has been criticized by various politicians. You are demanding consequences. Even with Giffey’s own SPD. Heinz Buschkowsky, who preceded Giffey as mayor of Berlin-Neukölln in office, told the “Bild”: “Too late to come out of the number decently. Actually, you have no choice but to draw the conclusions …”
General interest
In particular, the CDU leadership insists on the continuation of the Giffey trial. “In the Giffey case, a final review and evaluation is essential in the interests of the integrity of our scientific system,” said on Saturday the president of the Federal Committee for Education, Research and Innovation of the CDU, Karin Prien, of the Press Agency German (dpa). “In the end, there can be no other assessment of the political consequences than in other comparable cases.”
The vice-chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group, Arnold Vaatz (CDU) told the “Bild” that he was now very curious to know whether the same standards would apply to the SPD minister as in the Guttenberg and Annette Schavan cases. Like Guttenberg, former federal education minister Schavan had resigned as a result of a plagiarism issue.
The CDU’s federal headquarters also said Giffey was also concerned about whether a university of excellence had functioned properly or wanted to turn a blind eye. There is a general interest in continuing the examination procedure.
“It does not testify to decency and morality”
There are also criticisms of other parties. The vice president of the FDP, Wolfgang Kubicki, told the “Bild” that Giffey would not redeem himself with this procedure, because the question of whether he cheated while creating the work would have to be finally clarified. “If it turns out you were wrong, all you can do is quit.” There is no logical reason why rules other than those of the resigned CSU politician Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg should apply to him. Last year, Giffey announced his resignation in the event that his title was taken away after accusations of plagiarism.
Bundestag FDP member Thomas Sattelberger, in turn, told “Bild” that Giffey had tried to stay out of the plagiarism issue until the end. “That shows no decency, morality or insight. Anyone who acts so hypocritically will be disqualified for a higher candidacy. And also for a ministerial position.”
Green politician Monika Herrmann, mayor of Berlin’s Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, calls for caution on Twitter: “I don’t care about all PhDs. It’s about the maliciousness and hatred with which the SPD emphasized the issue then and now. It concerns. In general, it is better to cultivate less culture of outrage. It can always affect yourself. “
And ZDF journalist Nicole Diekmann also writes on Twitter: “The problematic thing about Franziska Giffey and her doctoral thesis: that the SPD now thinks what it doesn’t like about the CDU. And vice versa.”
