Social Democratic MP Jörg Tauss has left his party and is now the first member of the Pirate Party in the Bundestag, ignoring calls that he step down from parliament.Currently under investigation for possession of child pornography he parliamentarian said he downloaded as part of his work against the trade in such images.
He left the Social Democratic Party (SPD) over the weekend in protest at its decision to support a bill giving the government the power to censor websites containing child porn.
