Parties in the European Council during 2010

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2010. 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.

Contents

Summary

Party 1 January 2010 11 May 2010 29 May 2010 28 June 2010 8 July 2010 14 October 2010
# QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV
European People's Party 13 191 13 191 14 203 14 203 15 210 14 197
Party of European Socialists 7 101 6 72 6 72 6 72 5 65 5 65
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 4 25 5 38
Independent 2 24 2 24 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Party of the European Left 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 0 0 1 29 1 29 2 41 2 41 2 41

List of leaders (1 January 2010)

Member-state Votes Leader National party European party
Germany 29 Angela Merkel CDU EPP
United Kingdom 29 Gordon Brown Labour PES
France 29 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP EPP
Italy 29 Silvio Berlusconi PdL EPP
Spain 27 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero PSOE PES
Poland 27 Donald Tusk PO EPP
Romania 14 Emil Boc PD-L EPP
The Netherlands 13 Jan Peter Balkenende CDA EPP
Greece 12 George Papandreou PASOK PES
Czech Republic 12 Jan Fischer Independent
Belgium 12 Yves Leterme[1] CD&V EPP
Hungary 12 Gordon Bajnai Independent
Portugal 12 José Sócrates PS PES
Sweden 10 Fredrik Reinfeldt Moderates EPP
Austria 10 Werner Faymann SPÖ PES
Bulgaria 10 Boyko Borisov GERB EPP
Slovakia 7 Robert Fico Direction PES
Denmark 7 Lars Løkke Rasmussen Venstre ELDR
Finland 7 Matti Vanhanen Centre Party ELDR
Ireland, Republic of 7 Brian Cowen Fianna Fáil ELDR
Lithuania 7 Andrius Kubilius TS–LKD EPP
Latvia 4 Valdis Dombrovskis JL EPP
Slovenia 4 Borut Pahor SD PES
Estonia 4 Andrus Ansip Reformierakond ELDR
Cyprus, Republic of 4 Dimitris Christofias AKEL PEL[2]
Luxembourg 4 Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP
Malta 3 Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP

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

^ Yves Leterme is in caretaker government since 26 April 2011, following his demission. Since, negotiations after 2010 Belgian legislatives elections has not aboutished to a new government.

Changes

Affiliation

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
11 May United Kingdom David Cameron Conservative AECR
29 May Hungary Viktor Orbán Fidesz EPP
28 June Czech Republic Petr Nečas ODS AECR
8 July Slovakia Iveta Radičová SDKÚ–DS EPP
14 October Netherlands Mark Rutte VVD ELDR

Office-holder only

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
22 June Finland Mari Kiviniemi Centre Party ELDR

See also

External links

List of meetings · President · Party composition (1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 (Jan–Apr) • 2004 (May–Dec) • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012)
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