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Parlamentarischen Quellen zufolge soll der bayerische Stratege f\u00fcr eine Direktorenstelle im Forschungsdienst vorgesehen sein, die offenbar eigens f\u00fcr ihn geschaffen wurde. Offiziell soll die Stelle dazu dienen, \u201cdas Interesse der Wissenschaft an der Arbeit der Europaabgeordneten zu wecken\u201d, doch Kritiker bezeichnen dies bereits als klassischen Fall von Vetternwirtschaft im Schatten der Krise.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Jungbluth, Europaabgeordneter der ESN-Fraktion, erkl\u00e4rte dazu:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDas ist nichts weniger als ein Skandal. Herr Weber scheint den \u00f6ffentlichen Dienst ganz offensichtlich als Selbstbedienungstheke f\u00fcr seine Freunde zu betrachten. Und das praktischerweise nicht in Br\u00fcssel, wie es \u00fcblicherweise der Fall ist, sondern in Stra\u00dfburg \u2013 das viel n\u00e4her an T\u00fcbingen liegt, wo Herr Zolleis als Universit\u00e4tsprofessor t\u00e4tig ist. 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