Spanish PM defends doctoral thesis against reports of plagiarism


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  • Friday, 14 Sep 2018

FILE PHOTO - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets with La Rioja's regional government president Jose Ignacio Ceniceros Gonzalez (not pictured) at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Medina

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez published the results of plagiarism tests on his doctoral thesis on Friday in response to pressure over alleged academic misdemeanours which have buffeted the country's politics.

Sanchez, who took advantage of a long-running corruption scandal to topple his predecessor in a confidence vote in June, threatened to take legal action earlier this week after Spanish newspaper ABC accused him of copying parts of his thesis.

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