Exemption of The Election Threshold
In the German Länder Schleswig-Holstein (for the Danish and Frisian minorities) and Brandenburg (for the Sorbian minority) as well as in Poland (for the German minority), Romania (18 recognized minorities) and Serbia, political parties representing recognized ethnic minorities enjoy an exemption from the election threshold.
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