If the allegations against Guttenberg are substantiated, the University of Bayreuth could either issue a warning, mark down the thesis or, in the worst-case scenario, take away Guttenberg's Ph. The comments come as the military deals with a string of scandals.Compared to some of the cases Vroni Plag has examined before, the alleged plagiarism is only "moderate", Gerhard Dannemann, a law researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin, told the magazine Der Spiegel.In the past four years, two other federal ministers have lost their Ph D titles and their posts in government following evidence of plagiarism: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg — also a defence minister — in 2011, and education and research minister Annette Schavan in 2013."Guttenberg's credibility would then be completely destroyed," defense expert for the center-left Social Democrats, Rainer Arnold, told the newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.The issue has been referred to an ombudsman at the University of Bayreuth, where Guttenberg received top marks for his thesis.Speaking to German media, von der Leyen denied the scientific misdemeanour.The Hannover Medical School confirmed in a 28 September statement that it has launched a formal preliminary investigation, on the minister's request.Guttenberg has called the accusation "absurd," saying he wrote the 475-page thesis, which drew legal comparisons between the United States and the European Union, "to the best of his knowledge and belief," but he did not rule out minor mistakes when quoting sources.Popular figure's swift rise After rising rapidly through the ranks of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), the telegenic politician became defense minister in Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right government after the 2009 election.It is all about damaging a successful politician personally," said Friedrich in defense of his party colleague on Wednesday.Chancellor not worried Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was confident the matter would be resolved.
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