This plagiarism ‘problem’ comes up about once or twice a year in Germany. Some foundation picks a politician with a PhD, and runs their thesis through a system...to accuse them. Typically, nine out of ten can’t defend the situation, and the college yanks their degree.
A second foundation has gotten into this, and what one can figure out...all of this started with a group who wanted a few ‘right-of-center’ folks out of politics. The second group is mostly a retaliation unit...hitting left-of-center’ politicians.
It’s rare that one survives the accusation.
Like Monica Crowley.