Claim: After leaving the CSU, Gabriele Pauli joined the Freie Wähler Bayern and ran for the parliament of Bavaria.
Evidence: She left the CSU on 21 November 2007. In June 2008 she joined the Freie Wähler Bayern (Independent Voters Association of Bavaria). She was one of the party's candidates for the parliament of the state of Bavaria (Landtag of Bavaria) on 28 September 2008. She then ran for the European Parliament on 7 June 2009, but her party got only 1.7% of the votes across Germany.