Parties in the European Council during 2006

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The member-states of the European Union by the European parliamentary affiliations of their leaders, as of January 1, 2006.
The member-states of the European Union by the European parliamentary affiliations of their leaders, as of January 1, 2006.

This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2006. 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 January 1, 2006 December 31, 2006
# QMV # QMV
European People's Party 11 144 10 118
Party of European Socialists 7 109 6 94
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 4 30 4 30
Alliance for Europe of the Nations 2 34 2 34
European Democratic Party 0 0 1 29
Movement for European Reform 0 0 1 12
Independent - Dimokratikon Komma 1 4 1 4

[edit] List of leaders (January 1, 2006)

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 Silvio Berlusconi Forza Italia EPP
Spain 27 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero PSOE PES
Poland 27 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz PiS AEN
The Netherlands 13 Jan Peter Balkenende CDA EPP
Greece 12 Kostas Karamanlis New Democracy EPP
Czech Republic 12 Jiří Paroubek ČSSD PES
Belgium 12 Guy Verhofstadt VLD ELDR
Hungary 12 Ferenc Gyurcsány Socialists PES
Portugal 12 José Sócrates PS PES
Sweden 10 Göran Persson SAP PES
Austria 10 Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP EPP
Slovakia 7 Mikuláš Dzurinda SDKÚ EPP
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 Algirdas Brazauskas 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 [1]
Luxembourg 4 Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP
Malta 3 Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP

^  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.

[edit] Changes during the year

[edit] Affiliation

Date Member-state New Leader National party European party
17 May Italy Romano Prodi Daisy [2] EDP
4 July Slovakia Robert Fico Direction PES
16 August Czech Republic Mirek Topolánek ODS MER
6 October Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt Moderates 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.

[edit] Office-holder only

Date Member-state New Leader National party European party
1 June Lithuania Zigmantas Balčytis LSP PES
4 July Lithuania Gediminas Kirkilas LSP PES
14 July Poland Jarosław Kaczyński PiS AEN

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