The next plagiarism affair is clouding the election campaign: CDU Chancellor candidate Laschet has also written off.
Now he apologizes.
Berlin - During the election campaign for the federal election in 2021, the candidates for chancellor do not cover themselves with fame.
After the Green candidate Annalena Baerbock lost a lot of approval because of the plagiarism affair surrounding her book, Armin Laschet is now threatened with the same scenario.
The sharp attacks by the CDU against the Greens have therefore not aged well, because the Union candidate for chancellor now also has errors in his book “The rising republic.
Immigration as an Opportunity ”from 2009.
Plagiarism affair: Laschet has also written off - CDU chancellor candidate apologizes
Laschet apologized to the dpa for this: “At least one author of the material used in the book is not mentioned either in the running text or in the list of sources.
In order to clarify whether there are further errors, I will immediately arrange for the book to be checked. "
Laschet explained that there were obviously mistakes in the book for which he was responsible.
"I would like to apologize for this, because careful work when writing works and respecting copyright law are also a question of respect for other authors for me." There was previously a hint on Twitter about possible parallels between a passage from Laschet's book and another publication public.
Laschet has had to struggle with scandals again and again in the past few weeks.
On the one hand, he did not clearly distinguish himself from right-wing party members and agreed to the AfD in controversial statements.
Then he derailed in the disaster area after the flood when he laughed in the background while Federal President Steinmeier gave the victims consolation in an interview.
Laschet plagiarism affair: Parallels with other publications became public on Twitter
In his book Laschet called for a “third German unity”.
The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia said he wrote the book in his former role as Minister of Integration in North Rhine-Westphalia.
“It is a contribution to the debate and it served to present the work of the first integration ministry in Germany and to promote a new integration policy nationwide.
Accordingly, the ministry's work was also used for the book. ”This is evident from the bibliography and the acknowledgments.
The net proceeds of the book were apparently donated to the integration project "Coach eV", which was closely linked to the work of the ministry, which has been known since 2009.
(md with dpa)
