A member of the European parliament has recited a Nazi catechism and thrown up the salute of the NSDP during a speech protesting a transport reform proposed by Germany.

In a short speech as off-colour as his sartorial choices, Polish Janusz Korwin-Mikke, of the New Right Party, voiced his opposition to a German-led initiative to bring in standard ticketing for buses and trains across European Union borders.

"All the time if there is voting, we are voting for the unification of everything," Korwin-Mikke said, adding, "ein volk, ein reich, ein ticket."

As he uttered the words, which are a play on the infamous creed of the Nazi party, "one people, one state, one fuhrer," he raised his hand in the Nazi salute.

Korwin-Mikke, a notorious bigot, has not offered an apology for his actions, leaving Poland's foreign minister, Grzegorz Schetyna, to try and save face.

"We all are ashamed of such behaviour and we apologise to Europe, the European parliament, sorry to the voters," he said on TVN24.