Too much written off and no time to revise: Greens boss Annalena Baerbock (40) pulls her book “Jetzt. How we renew our country ”back.
After weeks of plagiarism allegations against her book, Ullstein-Verlag announced in July that the work should be revised.
▶ ︎ At that time, the publisher said: “In consultation with the author, we will add additional sources to the book in a possible next edition and at the earliest possible time in the e-book, in line with our standards for subsequent editions.”
Nothing will come of that now: After the election campaign and the federal elections, the current traffic light coalition negotiations had led to “a timely revision of the title not being feasible,” the publisher is now announcing. First reported Book report.
“The election campaign and the exploratory and coalition negotiations that followed did not leave room for the necessary supplementary work. It is foreseeable that this will not change in the coming months, ”said Baerbock.
The publisher stated that it would respect Annalena Baerbock’s decision.