Parties in the Council of the European Union, 2007

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The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of January 1, 2007.
The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of January 1, 2007.

This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the Council of the European Union during the year 2007. 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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Party January 1, 2007 present
# QMV # QMV
European People's Party 10 118 9 108
Party of European Socialists 7 104 8 114
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 5 44 5 44
Alliance for Europe of the Nations 2 34 2 34
European Democratic Party 1 29 1 29
Movement for European Reform 1 12 1 12
Independent - Dimokratikon Komma 1 4 1 4

[edit] List of leaders (January 1, 2007)

Member-state Votes Leader National party European party
Germany 29 Angela Merkel CDU EPP
United Kingdom 29 Tony Blair Labour PES
France 29 Jacques Chirac UMP EPP
Italy 29 Romano Prodi Daisy [1] EDP
Spain 27 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero PSOE PES
Poland 27 Jarosław Kaczyński PiS AEN
Romania 14 Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu National Liberal Party ELDR
The Netherlands 13 Jan Peter Balkenende CDA EPP
Greece 12 Costas Caramanlis New Democracy EPP
Czech Republic 12 Mirek Topolanek ODS MER
Belgium 12 Guy Verhofstadt VLD ELDR
Hungary 12 Ferenc Gyurcsány Socialists PES
Portugal 12 José Sócrates PS PES
Sweden 10 Fredrik Reinfeldt Moderates EPP
Austria 10 Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP EPP
Bulgaria 10 Sergey Stanishev Socialists PES
Slovakia 7 Robert Fico Direction PES
Denmark 7 Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre ELDR
Finland 7 Matti Vanhanen Centre Party ELDR
Ireland, Republic of 7 Bertie Ahern Fianna Fáil AEN
Lithuania 7 Gediminas Kirkilas LSP PES
Latvia 4 Aigars Kalvitis People's Party EPP
Slovenia 4 Janez Janša Democratic Party EPP
Estonia 4 Andrus Ansip Reformierakond ELDR
Cyprus, Republic of 4 Tassos Papadopoulos Diko Independent [2]
Luxembourg 4 Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP
Malta 3 Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP

^  - Prodi officially aligns himself only with his Olive Tree coalition rather than any member-party, but he was previously a member of Daisy-Democracy is Freedom's ancestor-party and is honorary president of its European parent, the EDP.

^  Diko's MEP is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament, but the party is not formally attached to any pan-European organization.

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[edit] Affiliation

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
11 January Austria Alfred Gusenbauer SPÖ PES

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Preceded by
2006 political makeup
Parties in the Council of the European Union
Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2007
Succeeded by
current makeup