Controversial Boast Pirate Politician Says Party 'Rising as Fast as Nazis'

A senior member of Germany's Pirate Party has provoked fierce criticism by likening its rapid rise to that of Adolf Hitler's NSDAP party. Martin Delius, floor leader in the Berlin city-state parliament, has apologized for his remark, which has heightened concern that the free-speech party is too lax in its stance towards the far right.