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Germany’s biggest copycat and his fall from political goldenboy

April 26, 2011 by

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On 1 March 2011, Germany’s most popular politician, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg of the Christian Democratic Union Party, resigned as Minister of Defence after was caught plagiarising in his doctoral thesis. In total, Guttenberg had copied over 76.34% of his thesis from websites and books without referencing them. (Wikia 2011) Subsequently, the University Beyreuth revoked his […]