Parties in the European Council

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The states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 8 May 2009.

This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council. The list below gives the political party that each head of government, or head of state, belongs to at the national level, as well as the European political alliance to which that national party belongs. The states are listed from most to least populous. More populous states have greater influence in the council, in accordance with the system of Qualified Majority Voting.

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[edit] Summary

Party # QMV
European People's Party 13 193
Party of European Socialists 7 99
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 4 25
Independent 2 24
Party of the European Left 1 4
Total 27 345

[edit] List of leaders

The last changes to the list of leaders was on 8 May 2009, when Jan Fischer became the Prime Minister of Czechia.

Member-state Votes Leader Start of mandate Picture National
party
European
party
Elections
Last Next
 Germany 29 Angela Merkel 2005 CDU EPP 2005 2009
 United Kingdom 29 Gordon Brown 2007 Labour PES 2005 2010?
 France 29 Nicolas Sarkozy 2007 UMP EPP 2007 2012?
 Italy 29 Silvio Berlusconi 2008
Also in office between
1994 and 1995, and between
2001 and 2006
PdL EPP 2008 2013?
 Spain 27 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 2004 PSOE PES 2008 2012?
 Poland 27 Donald Tusk 2007 PO EPP 2007 2011?
 Romania 14 Emil Boc 2008 PD-L EPP 2008 2012?
 Netherlands 13 Jan Peter Balkenende 2002 CDA EPP 2006 2010?
 Greece 12 Kostas Karamanlis 2004 New Democracy EPP 2007 2011?
 Czech Republic 12 Jan Fischer 2009 Independent 2006 2009
 Belgium 12 Herman Van Rompuy 2008 CD&V EPP 2007 2011?
 Hungary 12 Bajnai Gordon 2009 Independent 2006 2010?
 Portugal 12 José Sócrates 2005 PS PES 2005 2009
 Sweden 10 Fredrik Reinfeldt 2006 Moderates EPP 2006 2010?
 Austria 10 Werner Faymann 2008 SPÖ PES 2008 2013?
 Bulgaria 10 Sergey Stanishev 2005 BSP PES 2009 2013?
 Slovakia 7 Robert Fico 2006 Direction PES 2006 2010?
 Denmark 7 Lars Løkke Rasmussen 2009 Venstre ELDR 2007 2011?
 Finland 7 Matti Vanhanen 2003 Centre Party ELDR 2007 2011?
 Ireland 7 Brian Cowen 2008 Fianna Fáil ELDR 2007 2012?
 Lithuania 7 Andrius Kubilius 2008
Also in office between
1999 and 2000
TS–LKD EPP 2008 2012?
 Latvia 4 Valdis Dombrovskis 2009 JL EPP 2006 2010?
 Slovenia 4 Borut Pahor 2008 SD PES 2008 2012?
 Estonia 4 Andrus Ansip 2005 Reform Party ELDR 2007 2011?
 Cyprus 4 Dimitris Christofias 2008 AKEL PEL[1] 2008 2013?
 Luxembourg 4 Jean-Claude Juncker 1995 CSV EPP 2004 2009
 Malta 3 Lawrence Gonzi 2004 PN EPP 2008 2013?

^  AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

[edit] Council configurations by year

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 (EU25) | 2004 (EU15) | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

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