The expert Stefan Weber found 30 text fragments from the National Council member Peter Weidinger, which in his opinion can be considered plagiarism.
The Villach National Council member Peter Weidinger (ÖVP) is confronted with allegations of plagiarism regarding his diploma thesis. According to a report in the “Kronen Zeitung” on Friday, the Salzburg expert Stefan Weber found 30 text fragments that can be classified as plagiarism. As Weidinger confirmed, when confronted with the allegations he emailed the University of Graz that he wanted to “put aside” his master’s degree in law.
Confronted with the allegations, Weidinger said that his step should be seen against the background of the upcoming mayoral and municipal council elections in Carinthia on February 28, in which he is running. When writing the paper, he tried “to act as best as possible”, but: “After 18 years I can no longer tell which source I have given where.” It is painful for him, but he is giving up his master’s degree. After the request of the “Kronen Zeitung”, he had also informed the university. “The regular committees of the University of Graz should check that.” In any case, he will no longer lead his title.
Plagiarism expert Weber stated in a broadcast on Friday that he had copied English and German-language sources in Weidinger’s work on “The Canadian distribution of competencies and its possible significance for the federalist debate within the EU,” including documents available on the Internet such as a country report or a University Canada Lexicon “. Software found the places. He also noticed that Weidinger’s diploma thesis had already been examined with the software before, so someone else must have suspected something.
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