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Parties in the Council of the European Union:The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 6 October 2006.
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The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 6 October 2006.

This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the Council of the European Union. 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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Summary

Party#QMV
European People's Party10118
Party of European Socialists694
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party430
Alliance for Europe of the Nations234
European Democratic Party129
Movement for European Reform112
Independent - Dimokratikon Komma14
25321

List of leaders (September 2006)

Member-stateVotesLeaderNational
party
European
party
Elections
LastNext
Germany29Angela MerkelCDUEPP20052009?
United Kingdom29Tony BlairLabourPES20052009?
France29Jacques ChiracUMPEPP20022007
Italy29Romano ProdiDaisy [1]EDP20062011?
Spain27José Luis Rodríguez ZapateroPSOEPES20042008?
Poland27Jarosław KaczyńskiPiSAEN20052009
The Netherlands13Jan Peter BalkenendeCDAEPP20032006
Greece12Costas CaramanlisNew DemocracyEPP20042008?
Czech Republic12Mirek TopolanekODSMER20062007?
Belgium12Guy VerhofstadtVLDELDR20032007
Hungary12Ferenc GyurcsánySocialistsPES20062010?
Portugal12José SócratesPSPES20052009?
Sweden10Fredrik ReinfeldtModeratesEPP20062010?
Austria10Wolfgang SchüsselÖVPEPP20022006
Slovakia7Robert FicoDirectionPES20062010?
Denmark7Anders Fogh RasmussenVenstreELDR20052009?
Finland7Matti VanhanenCentre PartyELDR20032007
Ireland, Republic of7Bertie AhernFianna FáilAEN20022007?
Lithuania7Gediminas KirkilasLSPPES20042008?
Latvia4Aigars KalvitisPeople's PartyEPP20062010
Slovenia4Janez JanšaDemocratic PartyEPP20042008
Estonia4Andrus AnsipReformierakondELDR20032007
Cyprus, Republic of4Tassos PapadopoulosDikoIndependent [2]20032008
Luxembourg4Jean-Claude JunckerCSVEPP20042009?
Malta3Lawrence GonziPNEPP20032008?

  - 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.

See also


 
Pan-European political organisations
Parties in the Council of the European Union:Flag of the European Union
Recognized by the EU as "political parties at European level":

European Democratic Party | EUDemocrats | European Free Alliance | European Green Party | Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe | Party of the European Left | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | European People's Party | Party of European Socialists

Other pan-European confederations of national political parties:

European Anticapitalist Left | European Christian Political Movement | European Democrat Union | Euronat | European National Front | Nordic Green Left Alliance | Movement for European Reform

Dedicated European-level-only parties:

Europe — Democracy — Esperanto | Europe United | Newropeans

 
Groups in the European Parliament
Parties in the Council of the European Union:Political groups in EP

EPP–ED (264) | PES (201) | ALDE (90) | Greens–EFA (42) | EUL–NGL (41) | UEN (34) | IND/DEM (28) | N/A (32)

Related articles: table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation,
elections in the European Union, party composition of the council

Categories


European Union-related lists | Council of the European Union

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