For the first time, the Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock publicly commented on the plagiarism allegations. In the series of talks “Brigitte live” she denied the allegations.
Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock has for the first time publicly commented on the plagiarism allegations that have been going on for days around her book “Now – We We Renew Our Land”. In the series of talks “Brigitte live” (The magazine “Brigitte” appears as well as the star in the Hamburg publishing house Gruner + Jahr) said the 40-year-old on Thursday evening in Berlin: “I use the public sources that are available.”
It was a non-fiction book, so she was able to do without listing the individual sources and footnotes. She wanted to present her ideas for the country for the future in the book – and also used ideas from third parties or listed well-known facts. She denied the allegation of copyright infringement.
Baerbock did not see a fault in himself. In general, the top candidate was self-critical. In the past few weeks she has experienced many situations in which, in retrospect, she should have acted differently, but without going into detail.
Annalena Baerbock wants to defend herself against false claims
“At the beginning of this election campaign I saw that things were questioned and examined carefully,” said Baerbock. At the same time, however, she experienced that “wrong things, by whomever” were brought into the world. This includes the false accusation that she did not graduate from the London School of Economics. The election campaign in the USA is a cautionary example of what fake news can do in democracies. Therefore, even in the case of the alleged copyright infringement in her book, she proceeds with a media lawyer. You will continue to defend yourself against false claims in the election campaign.
The “plagiarism hunter” Stefan Weber had discovered several passages in the book by the Green Chancellor candidate, which appeared almost two weeks ago, which could also be found in other publications. However, these are primarily generalities. In addition, the Baerbocks book is not about a scientific work that requires strict citation standards. “You have to keep the proportions”, explained the political scientist Frank Decker from the University of Bonn in the “Rheinische Post”. “Compared to what Olaf Scholz is to blame for cum-ex deals or Armin Laschet for sloppy university exams, Baerbock’s mistakes are trivial.” Several Green politicians sensed a targeted dirt campaign against their candidate for chancellor.
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