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The Frisians Die Friesen / Do Fräisen / De Freesen

Leader	Ralf Bieneck
Founded	2007; 17 years ago (2007)^[1]
Dissolved	7 May 2023; 12 months ago (7 May 2023)^[2]
Headquarters	Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany
Ideology	Frisian minority interests
European affiliation	European Free Alliance^[3]
Colours	Black, red, blue
Website
www.die-friesen.eu
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The Frisians (German: Die Friesen, Saterland Frisian: Do Fräisen, Low German: De Freesen) was a regionalist political party in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, seeking to promote the interests of the Frisian minority ethnic group in Germany.^[4]

The party seeks self-determination.^[5] Their political policies include: the introduction of Low German as a compulsory subject in schools.

Die Friesen was a member of the European Free Alliance until 2018.^{[citation needed]}

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Represented in the Bundestag
(734 seats)

Represented in the European Parliament
(96 seats for Germany)

Major parties	SPD (16) CDU (23) The Greens (21) FDP (5) AfD (9) CSU (6) The Left (5) Free Voters (2)
Minor parties	Die PARTEI (1) ÖDP (1) Family Party (1) Bündnis Deutschland (1) Pirate Party (1) Volt (1)

Represented in the 16 state parliaments

Major parties	SPD (16/16) CDU (15/16; not in Bavaria) The Greens (15/16) FDP (12/16) AfD (15/16) The Left (8/16) Free Voters (2/16)
Regional parties	CSU (85; only in Bavaria) BVB/Free Voters (5; only in Brandenburg) SSW (4; only in Schleswig-Holstein) BD (9; only in Bremen and Saxony) BfTh (2; only in Thuringia)

Minor parties (without representation
above the district level)

Notes:

CDU: does not participate in the state election in Bavaria; instead, an associated party CSU is participating here.
Greens: are currently not in the state parliament of the Saarland
FDP: is currently not in state parliaments of Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saarland and Saxony.
AfD: is currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left: is currently not in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.
Free Voters: are currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.

Members of the European Free Alliance
Elected to the European Parliament	New Flemish Alliance Latvian Russian Union Party of the Corsican Nation Republican Left of Catalonia
Other members	Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology Bavaria Party Catalan Unity Democratic Party of Artsakh Eusko Alkartasuna Frisian National Party Future of Åland Galician Nationalist Bloc Liga Veneta Repubblica Majorca Socialist Party Mebyon Kernow Occitan Party Plaid Cymru Our Land Savoy Region Movement Scottish National Party Silesian Autonomy Movement South Schleswig Voters' Association South Tyrolean Freedom United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin Unity List Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh Valencian Nationalist Bloc Yorkshire Party
Observers	Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania Latvian Russian Union New Canaries Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace Pro Lombardy Independence
Former members	Hungarian Christian Democratic Association Lista za Rijeku – Lista per Fiume Lusatian Alliance Rainbow Sardinian Action Party Slovene Union The Other South
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