Family Minister, the Elderly Citizens, Women and Youth of Germany Francis Gifai (SDPG) filed a resignation in connection with the scandal around his scientific degree previously obtained in the Free University of Berlin, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the magazine Focus.
Previously, German media reported that the University’s Special Commission spoke in favor of imprisonment of the minister of a scientific degree.
It is known that the Special Commission of the Free University presented the Presidium of its decision on May 5, there is no official information about the content of this document. However, it was reported that the Minister was provided for four weeks for the counter statement. The university refuses the commentaries to the final decision.
Previously, Gifai stated that it was ready to leave the post of Minister of Family Affairs if its degree would be disavowed. Berlin’s free University began checking her scientific work in 2019, which was devoted to the European Commission policy against civil society. In October 2019, it was decided that work, despite the established disadvantages, is an academic achievement of Gifai.