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 2008
The states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 8 May 2008

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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Party # QMV
European People's Party 11 172
Party of European Socialists 8 114
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 5 36
Movement for European Reform 1 12
Alliance for Europe of the Nations 1 7
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 2008, when Silvio Berlusconi became the Prime Minister of the Italy.

Member-state Votes Leader Picture National
party
European
party
Elections
Last Next
Flag of Germany Germany 29 Angela Merkel CDU EPP 2005 2009?
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 29 Gordon Brown Labour PES 2005 2009?
Flag of France France 29 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP EPP 2007 2012?
Flag of Italy Italy 29 Silvio Berlusconi FI EPP 2008 2013?
Flag of Spain Spain 27 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero PSOE PES 2008 2012?
Flag of Poland Poland 27 Donald Tusk PO EPP 2007 2011?
Flag of Romania Romania 14 Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu PNL ELDR 2004 2008
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 13 Jan Peter Balkenende CDA EPP 2006 2010?
Flag of Greece Greece 12 Kostas Karamanlis ND EPP 2007 2011?
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 12 Mirek Topolánek ODS MER 2006 2010?
Flag of Belgium Belgium 12 Yves Leterme CD&V EPP 2007 2011?
Flag of Hungary Hungary 12 Ferenc Gyurcsány MZSP PES 2006 2010?
Flag of Portugal Portugal 12 José Sócrates PS PES 2005 2009?
Flag of Sweden Sweden 10 Fredrik Reinfeldt MSP EPP 2006 2010?
Flag of Austria Austria 10 Alfred Gusenbauer SPÖ PES 2006 2010?
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 10 Sergey Stanishev BSP PES 2005 2009
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 7 Robert Fico Smer-SD PES 2006 2010?
Flag of Denmark Denmark 7 Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre ELDR 2007 2011
Flag of Finland Finland 7 Matti Vanhanen KESK ELDR 2007 2011
Flag of Ireland Ireland 7 Brian Cowen FF AEN 2007 2012?
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 7 Gediminas Kirkilas LSP PES 2004 2008
Flag of Latvia Latvia 4 Ivars Godmanis LC ELDR 2006 2010
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 4 Janez Janša SDS EPP 2004 2008
Flag of Estonia Estonia 4 Andrus Ansip ER ELDR 2007 2011?
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 4 Dimitris Christofias AKEL PEL [1] 2008 2013?
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 4 Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP 2004 2009
Flag of Malta Malta 3 Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP 2008 2013?

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

[edit] Council configurations by year

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 (EU25) | 2004 (EU15) | 2003

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