FILE - The Dec. 4, 2011 file photo shows party members casting their vote during a party meeting of the German Pirate Party in Offenbach, Germany. A new poll published Tuesday, April 3, 2012 shows support for Germany's upstart Pirate Party rising to a record 12 percent after its second success in a state election ? underlining its arrival as a force in national politics. The Pirates, with a platform based on near-total transparency and Internet freedom, first won seats in a state legislature in Berlin last September. On March 25 they won seats in Saarland, in western Germany (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)