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Annalena Baerbock at the book presentation in June: "The election campaign and the subsequent exploratory and coalition negotiations did not leave the space for the necessary supplementary work."
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In the middle of the election campaign, a plagiarism hunter confronted the then Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock with allegations that she had done improperly in her current book.
Now the book, which has come under fire for allegations of plagiarism, is no longer printed.
The head of the Greens had announced that she would revise the work.
In an earlier announcement it was reported that the book would no longer be sold.
In the meantime the Ullstein publishing house has corrected its information.
Copies that have already been printed are still being sold.
However, the e-book is no longer available with immediate effect.
The decision was made by Baerbock himself, announced the Ullstein publishing house on Thursday in Berlin.
In mid-August, a publisher's spokeswoman said on request that Baerbock wanted to add to her sources.
Copies that have already been printed are still being sold
"The election campaign and the subsequent exploratory and coalition negotiations have not left the space for the necessary supplementary work," Baerbock now said in quotations circulated through the publisher.
"It is foreseeable that this will not change in the coming months."
Copies that have already been printed would still be sold, said a publisher's spokeswoman for the German Press Agency when asked.
Striking similarities to other works
Baerbock's book was published on June 21st.
Shortly afterwards, the Austrian media scientist Stefan Weber drew attention to a number of places where there are striking linguistic similarities to other works.
Both Baerbock and her party and the publisher initially defended the book.
Federal Managing Director Michael Kellner even spoke of "character assassination" in an initial reaction.
Both the Greens and Ullstein-Verlag rejected the allegation of copyright infringement.
There are no footnotes in the book and no list of references at the end.
The Ullstein-Verlag stated in July that there were sources in the text that would now be added for possible further editions.
In mid-August, Baerbock had said in the ARD summer interview that her next work should be a revision of the criticized book: "The next book is the revision of the hazy book because I made mistakes."
On Thursday, Baerbock was quoted by the publisher as saying: “As I made clear in the book, our country needs modernization for a good future.
For this I would like to contribute what I can over the next few years. "
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