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Back|Mario Voigt gives up – Prime Minister accepts loss of his doctorate
Mario Voigt gives up – Prime Minister accepts loss of his doctorate
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Die Welt·52 minutes ago·Politics·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

Mario Voigt gives up – Prime Minister accepts loss of his doctorate

Thuringia's head of government Mario Voigt is withdrawing his lawsuit against the revocation of his doctorate in order to concentrate on his tasks.

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  • Thuringia's Prime Minister Mario Voigt ends the legal dispute over the revocation of his doctorate.
  • He withdrew his lawsuit from the Chemnitz Administrative Court in order to concentrate fully on his political tasks.

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The Chemnitz University of Technology revoked Mario Voigt's doctorate due to allegations of plagiarism.

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Thuringia's head of government Mario Voigt wants to accept the withdrawal of his doctorate and end the legal dispute over it. As Prime Minister, his attention belongs to the citizens, said Voigt in a press conference in the Thuringian state parliament. “And that’s why I decided to stop the legal dispute over my dissertation,” said the CDU politician.

The decision is not easy for him. His lawyers advised him to continue the proceedings. He wanted to “concentrate on what lies ahead of us” without making any compromises, he said. Such a legal dispute requires time, energy and attention.

AfD kept up the pressure

Voigt has been under political pressure for months because of allegations of plagiarism regarding his dissertation. The Chemnitz University of Technology had withdrawn his doctorate and also rejected Voigt's objection to it. The 49-year-old then filed a lawsuit with the Chemnitz Administrative Court. He said he took this back on Wednesday morning.

Voigt's announcement that he would end the legal dispute over his doctoral thesis came half an hour before a special session of the state parliament, at which a decision would be made on the dissolution of parliament at the request of the AfD parliamentary group. However, it is considered unlikely that the necessary two-thirds majority will be achieved.

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