Die Friesen

The Frisians Die Friesen / Do Fräisen / De Freesen

Leader	Ralf Bieneck
Founded	2007^[1]
Headquarters	Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany
Membership	90
Ideology	Ethnic minority interests
European affiliation	European Free Alliance^[2]
Colours	Black, red, blue
Website
www.die-friesen.eu
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Die Friesen (German; English: The Frisians, Frisian: Do Fräisen, Low German: De Freesen) is 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.^[3]

The party seeks self-determination.^[4] Their political policies include: the introduction of Low German as a compulsory subject in schools.^[5]

Die Friesen is a member of the European Free Alliance.

References

Parties represented in the European Parliament and in the Bundestag

CDU (254) CSU (56) SPD (193) The Greens (63) The Left (64)

Other parties represented in the European Parliament* or in state parliaments**

AfD/* Citizens in Rage** Ecological Democratic Party* Family Party/* FDP/* Free Voters/* Liberal-Conservative Reformers/* NPD* Die PARTEI* Pirate Party/* South Schleswig Voters' Association**

Minor parties (without representation above district level)

Members of the European Free Alliance

Elected to the European Parliament	Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie For Human Rights in United Latvia† Party of the Corsican Nation Plaid Cymru Republican Left of Catalonia Scottish National Party

Other members	Andalusian Party Aralar Party Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology Bavaria Party Catalan Unity Chunta Aragonesista Eusko Alkartasuna Frisian National Party Future of Åland Galician Nationalist Bloc Hungarian Christian Democratic Association Liga Veneta Repubblica List for Fiume Lusatian Alliance Majorca Socialist Party Mebyon Kernow Moravané Occitan Party Our Land Rainbow Sardinian Action Party Savoy Region Movement Savoyan League Silesian Autonomy Movement Slovene Union South Schleswig Voters' Association South Tyrolean Freedom The Frisians Union Démocratique Bretonne United Macedonian Organization Ilinden–Pirin Unity List Valencian Nationalist Bloc The Yorkshire Party

Observers	Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania Latvian Russian Union New Canaries Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace The Other South

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