More than 20,000 applicants for the academic title of doctor has signed a letter of protest to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, by their attitude to the call 'cause Guttenberg' and his defense of the defense minister, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg to charges of plagiarism. In the open letter submitted through the Internet and initiated by thousands of students who are currently working on his doctoral thesis in the meantime had become citizens with the academic title of Ph.D.
and others who consider it unacceptable for Guttenberg remain in office despite the scandal around him. "The treatment as a crime of knights of the Cause Guttenberg hurts Germany as scientific and questions its credibility as a country of ideas," says the protest, which emerged at the initiative of Tobias Bunde, professor of political science at the University of Konstanz.
"If Guttenberg becomes an example to follow, we can close," said Bunde today told the daily Hamburger Abendblatt, which demands the immediate resignation of the minister. The University of Bayreuth last week withdrew the title of doctor honoris causa at Guttenberg after finding that a large part of his doctoral thesis contains extensive texts of other authors who are not listed in the job.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Party (FDP), junior partner in the coalition led by Merkel, begins to distance himself from Guttenberg and not finally be ruled out resigning. The parliamentary spokesman of the FDP research and science, Martin Neumann, has been granted "one, at most two weeks" for final clarification of the charges of plagiarism against the defense minister.
"If the uncertainty continues to leave the circumstances of his promotion (a doctor) think that it is unsustainable as a minister and head of the two universities of the Bundeswehr (Federal Army)," said Neumann, who says "have great doubts about the statement Guttenberg that just lost perspective on their sources.
" More serious still are the criticisms of President of the German Parliament and fellow Merkel, Norbert Lammert, who believes the scandal surrounding Guttenberg "a nail in the coffin of confidence in our democracy." The parliamentary leader of the opposition Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier said last night on public television ARD that Merkel and finely Guttenberg not get "swept under the carpet" all the fuss. 
and others who consider it unacceptable for Guttenberg remain in office despite the scandal around him. "The treatment as a crime of knights of the Cause Guttenberg hurts Germany as scientific and questions its credibility as a country of ideas," says the protest, which emerged at the initiative of Tobias Bunde, professor of political science at the University of Konstanz.
"If Guttenberg becomes an example to follow, we can close," said Bunde today told the daily Hamburger Abendblatt, which demands the immediate resignation of the minister. The University of Bayreuth last week withdrew the title of doctor honoris causa at Guttenberg after finding that a large part of his doctoral thesis contains extensive texts of other authors who are not listed in the job.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Party (FDP), junior partner in the coalition led by Merkel, begins to distance himself from Guttenberg and not finally be ruled out resigning. The parliamentary spokesman of the FDP research and science, Martin Neumann, has been granted "one, at most two weeks" for final clarification of the charges of plagiarism against the defense minister.
"If the uncertainty continues to leave the circumstances of his promotion (a doctor) think that it is unsustainable as a minister and head of the two universities of the Bundeswehr (Federal Army)," said Neumann, who says "have great doubts about the statement Guttenberg that just lost perspective on their sources.
" More serious still are the criticisms of President of the German Parliament and fellow Merkel, Norbert Lammert, who believes the scandal surrounding Guttenberg "a nail in the coffin of confidence in our democracy." The parliamentary leader of the opposition Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier said last night on public television ARD that Merkel and finely Guttenberg not get "swept under the carpet" all the fuss.
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