Austrian minister Christine Aschbacher resigned from her cabinet post in charge of labour, families and youth on Saturday following allegations some of her university work was plagiarised.
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Austrian minister Christine Aschbacher resigned from her cabinet post in charge of labour, families and youth on Saturday following allegations some of her university work was plagiarised.
A conservative from Chancellor Sebastian Kurz s OeVP party, Aschbacher said she had stepped down to protect my family , complaining of hostility, political agitation and attacks. with unbearable force .
Aschbacher s 2006 master s thesis displayed plagiarism, incorrect quotations and lack of knowledge of the German language , alleged blogger Stefan Weber, who specialises in sniffing out academic fraud.
At the time, she graduated with high marks from the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt, south of Austrian capital Vienna.