List of European Union member states by political system

     European Union (all free) Freedom House ratings for European Union and surrounding states, as of 2009.[1]      free      partly free      unfree      not rated

This is a list of European Union member states, their forms of government and their parliaments. The European Union is a sui generis supranational union of democratic states. At a European Council Summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 June and 22 June 1993,[2] the European Union defined the Copenhagen criteria regarding the conditions a candidate country has to fulfill to be considered eligible for accession to the European Union:

“ Membership criteria require that the candidate country must have achieved:
  • stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities;
  • the existence of a functioning market economy as well as the capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union;
  • the ability to take on the obligations of membership including adherence to the aims of political, economic and monetary union.[3]
 ”

Consequently, all European Union member states are directly elected democracies that are considered to be "free" according to the criteria of Freedom House (with all of them being rated 1/1 except for Latvia with 2/1, Greece and Italy with 1/2, and Bulgaria and Romania with 2/2).[1] As of 2010, all European Union member states are representative democracies; however, they do not all have the same political system, with most of the differences arising from different historical backgrounds.

Many of the states in the neighbourhood of the European Union are not considered to be "free" by the same criteria.[1] Most European states neighbouring the European Union are considered to be "free" or "partly free" by Freedom House, with the exceptions of Azerbaijan, Belarus and Russia. On the other hand, almost all of the states in North Africa and Southwest Asia that neighbour the European Union are not considered to be "free", with the exception of Israel.[1]

Contents

Monarchism and republicanism

See also: Republicanism, Monarchism, and Monarchies in Europe
     monarchy      republic

At present, seven monarchies are members of the European Union: Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. All seven monarchies in the European Union are constitutional monarchies, which means that the monarch does not influence the politics of the monarch's country. Either the monarch is legally prohibited from doing so, or the monarch does not utilise the political powers vested in the office by convention. At the dawn of the 20th century, France was the only republic among the future members states of the European Union; the ascent of republicanism to the political mainstream only started at the beginning of the 20th century. Public opinion is currently strongly in favour of keeping the monarchy in the remaining seven monarchies in the European Union, and there is currently no ongoing campaign with popular support to abolish monarchy in any of them.

Form of government

See also: Form of government
     presidential republic      semi-presidential republic      parliamentary republic      parliamentary constitutional monarchy

There are three types of government systems in European politics: in a presidential system, the president is the head of state and the head of government; in a semi-presidential system, the president and the prime minister share a number of competences; finally, in a parliamentary system, the president is a ceremonial figurehead who has few political competences. As with the definition of constitutional monarchies, sometimes the president does have non-ceremonial competences, but does not use them by constitutional convention; this is the case in Austria, for instance.

By definition, modern democratic constitutional monarchies are parliamentary, as there is no elected head of state who could assume non-ceremonial competences; of the twenty republican member states of the European Union, only one is a presidential republic (Cyprus) and three are semi-presidential republic (Finland, France and Romania).

Degree of self-governance

     unitary state      devolved state      federacy      federation

Most of the European Union's member states are unitary states, which means that most of the competences lie with the central government and only minor or local issues are within the authority of regional governments. However, three states are federations (Austria, Belgium and Germany) of states or regions with equal competences, and six other states have either devolved certain powers to special regions or are federacies (or both):

Parliamentary chambers

     unicameral      bicameral

A further distinction is the number of chambers in the national legislature. While there had been legislatures with more than two chambers (tricameral and tetracameral ones), nowadays there are only unicameral and bicameral ones. There is no clear trend towards either model as of 2006. Federations and countries with strong regional differences or regional identities are normally bicameral to reflect the regions' interests in national bills. The states with the larger populations, from the Netherlands upwards, all have a bicameral system. Although there is a greater mix among the smaller states (some influenced by their federalist structure), the smallest states are on the whole unicameral.

In the member states of the European Union, if the parliament has only one chamber, it is wholly directly elected in all cases. If there are two chambers, the lower house is directly elected in all cases, while the upper house can be directly elected (e.g. the Senate of Poland); or indirectly elected, for example, by regional legislatures (e.g. the Federal Council of Austria); or non-elected, but representing certain interest groups (e.g. the National Council of Slovenia); or non-elected (though by and large appointed by elected officials) as a remnant of a non-democratic political system in earlier times (as in the House of Lords in the United Kingdom).

Listed by form of government

State Government Head of state Head of government
 Austria parliamentary federal republic Federal President (Bundespräsident)[4] Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler)[5]
 Belgium parliamentary federal constitutional popular monarchy King (Koning / Roi / König)[6] Prime Minister (Eerste Minister / Premier Ministre / Premierminister)[7][8]
 Bulgaria parliamentary unitary republic President (Президент)[9] Prime Minister (Министър-председател)[10]
 Cyprus presidential unitary republic President (Πρόεδρος / Cumhurbaşkanı)[11]
 Czech Republic parliamentary unitary republic President (Prezident)[12] Prime Minister (Předseda vlády)[13]
 Denmark parliamentary federate constitutional monarchy Queen (Dronning)[14] Prime Minister (Statsminister)[15]
 Estonia parliamentary unitary republic President (President)[16] Prime Minister (Peaminister)[17]
 Finland semi-presidential federate republic President (Presidentti / President)[18] Prime Minister (Pääministeri / Statsminister)[19]
 France semi-presidential federate republic President (Président)[20] Prime Minister (Premier ministre)[21]
 Germany parliamentary federal republic Federal President (Bundespräsident)[22] Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler)[23][24]
 Greece parliamentary unitary republic President (Πρόεδρος)[25] Prime Minister (Πρωθυπουργός)[26]
 Hungary parliamentary unitary republic President (Köztársasági Elnök)[27] Prime Minister (Miniszterelnök)[28]
 Ireland parliamentary unitary republic President (Uachtarán)[29] Taoiseach[30]
 Italy parliamentary devolved republic President (Presidente)[31] Prime Minister (Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri)[32][33]
 Latvia parliamentary unitary republic President (Prezidents)[34] Prime Minister (Ministru prezidents)[35]
 Lithuania parliamentary unitary republic President (Prezidentas)[36] Prime Minister (Ministras Pirmininkas)[37]
 Luxembourg parliamentary unitary constitutional monarchy Grand Duke (Grand-duc / Großherzog / Groussherzog)[38][39] Prime Minister (Premier ministre / Premierminister / Premierminister)[38][39]
 Malta parliamentary unitary republic President (President)[40] Prime Minister (Prim Ministru)[41]
 Netherlands parliamentary federate constitutional monarchy Queen (Koningin)[42] Prime Minister (Minister-president)[43]
 Poland parliamentary unitary republic President (Prezydent)[44] Prime Minister (Prezes Rady Ministrów)[45]
 Portugal parliamentary unitary republic President (Presidente)[46][47] Prime Minister (Primeiro-Ministro)[48]
 Romania semi-presidential unitary republic President (Preşedinte)[49] Prime Minister (Prim-ministru)[50]
 Slovakia parliamentary unitary republic President (Prezident)[51] Prime Minister (Predseda vlády)[52]
 Slovenia parliamentary unitary republic President (Predsednik)[53] Prime Minister (Predsednik vlade)[54]
 Spain parliamentary devolved constitutional monarchy King (Rey)[55] President of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno)[56]
 Sweden parliamentary unitary constitutional monarchy King (Kung)[57] Prime Minister (Statsminister)[58]
 United Kingdom parliamentary federate and devolved constitutional monarchy Queen[59] Prime Minister[60]

Listed by type of parliament

Member state Parliamentary
system		 Overall name of legislature
Lower house (members) Upper house (members)
 Austria bicameral Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung)[61]
National Council (Nationalrat)[61] (183) Federal Council (Bundesrat)[61] (62)
 Belgium bicameral[I] Federal Parliament (Federaal Parlement / Parlement Fédérale / Föderales Parlament)
Chamber of Representatives
(Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers /
Chambre des Représentants /
Abgeordnetenkammer)[62][63] (150)		 Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)[64] (71)[II]
 Bulgaria unicameral National Assembly (Народно събрание)[65] (240)
 Cyprus unicameral House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων / Temsilciler Meclisi)[66] (59)
 Czech Republic bicameral Parliament (Parlament)
Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna)[67] (200) Senate (Senát)[68] (81)
 Denmark unicameral Parliament (Folketinget)[69] (179)
 Estonia unicameral State Assembly (Riigikogu)[70] (101)
 Finland unicameral[IV] Parliament (Eduskunta / Riksdag)[71] (200)
 France bicameral Parliament (Parlement) / Congress (Congrès)[72]
National Assembly (Assemblée nationale)[73] (577) Senate (Sénat)[74][75] (343)[III]
 Germany bicameral —[V]
Federal Diet (Bundestag)[76] (622)[VI] Federal Council (Bundesrat)[77] (69)
 Greece unicameral Parliament of the Greeks (Βουλή των Ελλήνων)[78] (300)
 Hungary unicameral National Assembly (Országgyűlés)[79] (386)
 Ireland bicameral Oireachtas ("National Parliament")[VII]
Dáil Éireann ("House of Representatives")[VII] (166) Seanad Éireann ("Senate")[VII] (60)
 Italy bicameral Parliament (Parlamento)[80][81]
Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati)[82] (630) Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica)[81][83] (315)[VIII]
 Latvia unicameral Diet (Saeima)[84] (100)
 Lithuania unicameral Diet (Seimas)[85] (141)
 Luxembourg unicameral Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés / Abgeordnetenkammer / Châmber vun Députéirten)[86][87] (60)
 Malta unicameral House of Representatives (il-Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti)[88] (69)[IX]
 Netherlands bicameral States–General (Staten–Generaal)[89]
Second Chamber (or House of Representatives; Tweede Kamer)[90] (150) First Chamber (or Senate; Eerste Kamer)[91] (75)
 Poland bicameral National Assembly (Zgromadzenie Narodowe)[X]
Diet (Sejm)[92] (460) Senate (Senat)[93] (100)
 Portugal unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)[94] (230)
 Romania bicameral Parliament (Parlamentul)[95]
Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor)[96] (332) Senate (Senat)[97] (137)
 Slovakia unicameral National Council (Národná rada)[98] (150)
 Slovenia bicameral Parliament (Parlament)
National Assembly (Državni zbor)[99] (90) National Council (Državni svet)[100] (40)
 Spain bicameral General Courts (Cortes Generales)
Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados)[101] (350) Senate (Senado)[102] (259)
 Sweden unicameral Diet (Riksdagen)[103] (349)
 United Kingdom bicameral[XI] Parliament[104]
House of Commons[104] (646) House of Lords[104] (740)
I^ : Due to Belgium's complex federal structure the Brussels Regional Parliament (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Parlement / Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale)[105][106] (89, regional assembly), Flemish Parliament (Vlaams Parlement)[107] (124, regional and community assembly), the Walloon Parliament (Parlement wallon)[108][109] (75, regional assembly), the Parliament of the French Community (Parlement de la Communauté française)[110] (94, community assembly) and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community (Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft)[111] (25, community assembly) have competences in federal legislation that affects their interests.
II^ : In addition to the 71 elected senators, the ruling monarch's children (or, in case there are none, her or his siblings) are also entitled to sit in the Senate after reaching the age of 18 and entitled to vote after reaching the age of 21 as senators by law (senator van rechtswege / sénateur de droit / Senator von Rechts wegen), although they do not use the right to vote by constitutional convention. There are currently three such senators.
III^ : The number of Senators will gradually increase to 348 with the 2011 Senate election to reflect changes in French demography.
IV^ : In legislation which affects the autonomous region of the Åland Islands, its Parliament (Lagting)[112] (30) also has legislative competences.
V^ : While there is a Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung) similar to the Austrian Federal Assembly, it is not simply a joint session of the Federal Diet and the Federal Council and as such not the overall name of the legislature.
VI^ : Technically, the Federal Diet only has 598 members; the additional twenty-four seats are overhang seats resulting from the 2009 election.
VII^ : The Irish names are used in the English-language version of the Constitution of Ireland,[113] and generally in English-language speech and writing in Ireland.[114][115][116] The English glosses given are the descriptions in the Constitution.[113]
VIII^ : In addition to the 315 elected members, there are currently seven senators for life (senatore a vita); these include three former Italian Presidents, who are ex officio senators for life, as well as four senators appointed by the President "for outstanding patriotic merits in the social, scientific, artistic or literary field". There can only be five appointed senators in addition to the ex officio ones at any one time.
IX^ : Technically, the House of Representatives only has 65 members; the additional four seats are overhang seats to ensure a majority of MPs for the party which gained the most votes in the 2008 election.
X^ : The name Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only used on the rare occasions when both houses sit together.
XI^ : In legislation which affects the overseas territory of Gibraltar, its Parliament[117] (17) also has legislative competences.
Member states of the European Union
Member states by: political system · GDP

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