Xavier Bettel would have used wide extracts of books and articles in his graduation from the University of Nancy, twenty-two years ago, when antipiratting software did not exist.
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A little too much copy-paste: a final dissertation of the Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel would have, according to the site Reporter.lu , including 96% of” loans NO NON credited “. Clearly, this work, tabled to conclude a degraded degree (DEA) at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Nancy – became University of Lorraine – would have been a plagiarism.
m. Bettel, 48, had 26 at the time. In a half-confession, he admitted that “we could have – or that we should – do it otherwise”. The “we” seem to appoint the student he was at the time, “author” of this 56-page document dedicated to an ambitious question: “towards a possible reform of the European Parliament’s polls?”
Affirming having worked “in all souls and conscience”, the head of the Grand Ducal Government now relies on the university to “evaluate” his work and his compliance with the criteria “of the time”. The one – it was twenty-two years ago – where the antipiratting software did not exist. In a statement, the university ensures, in any case, take the task seriously and have launched its own instruction, which could lead to possible sanction. That Mr. Bettel said to accept, “naturally”.
According to Reporter.lu, two books, a press article and the content of two websites would have been widely distributed, without any reference. And, obviously, without providing the astonishment of the jury.
Sometimes wet, never splashed
If plagiarism affairs have resigned leaders in German or in Scandinavia, it does not seem, on the other hand, that the Liberal manager has a concern for his future. The Luxembourgish press decided not to ride the case in pin and parties, both of the majority and opposition, have apparently decided to imitate it. The main opposition formation, the Chrétien-Social Popular Party itself is involved in a politico-financial scandal that concerns many of its members.
In this small country where, it is said, “Everyone knows each other”, Mr. Bettel remains popular despite a fairly atypical profile: he overthrew, in 2013, the conservative majority long embodied by Jean-Claude Juncker, Legalized marriage between same-sex people, introduced free public transport and announced, very recently, the legalization of cannabis consumption and culture. He also innovated by associating the left and the Greens with his Liberal Party.
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