<p>BERLIN – A vice-president of the European Parliament has become the second prominent German politician to resign this year following allegations that she plagiarized parts of her doctoral thesis.</p> <p>Silvana Koch-Mehrin announced that she is quitting the parliament post and also stepping down from the leadership board of her Free Democratic Party.</p> <p>She added in a statement late Wednesday that she will remain a European lawmaker. She didn’t address the allegations but said she didn’t want to be a “target for attacks.”</p> <p>German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned two months ago after it emerged that he copied large parts of his thesis without attribution.</p> <p>Contributors to a website started an unofficial examination of other doctorates in the wake of his resignation.</p>
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