Parties in the European Council between January and June 2013 explained

Until 1 July 2013 the European Union will have twenty-seven members. On that date, Croatia is expected to join the Union, therefore forcing a change of the influence each member-state has, as well as its Qualified Majority Voting. This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2013. 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 national level 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.

Summary

Party1 January 201328 February 201311 March 221313 March 201320 March 201329 May 2013
QMVQMVQMVQMVQMVQMV
European People's Party151821618615183141731316913169
Party of European Socialists565565668668668778
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists241241241241241241
Independent236236236346450340
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party217217217217217217
Party of the European Left140000000000

List of leaders (1 January 2013)

Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean party
Germany29Angela MerkelCDUEPP
France29François HollandePSPES
United Kingdom29David CameronConAECR
Italy29Mario MontiSCIndependent
Spain27Mariano RajoyPPEPP
Poland27Donald TuskPOEPP
Romania14Traian BăsescuIndependentEPP
Netherlands13Mark RutteVVDALDE Party
Greece12Antonis SamarasNDEPP
Belgium12Elio Di RupoPSPES
Portugal12Pedro Passos CoelhoPPD/PSDEPP
Czech Republic12Petr NečasODSAECR
Hungary12Viktor OrbánFideszEPP
Sweden10Fredrik ReinfeldtMEPP
Austria10Werner FaymannSPÖPES
Bulgaria10Boyko BorisovGERBEPP
Denmark7Helle Thorning-SchmidtAPES
Slovakia7Robert FicoSMER-SDPES
Finland7Jyrki KatainenKok.EPP
Ireland7Enda KennyFGEPP
Lithuania7Dalia GrybauskaitėIndependent
Slovenia4Janez JanšaSDSEPP
Latvia4Valdis DombrovskisVEPP
Estonia4Andrus AnsipREALDE Party
Cyprus4Demetris ChristofiasAKELPEL
Luxembourg4Jean-Claude JunckerCSVEPP
Malta3Lawrence GonziPNEPP

Supported by PD-L
AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

Changes

Affiliation

DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party
28 FebruaryCyprusNicos AnastasiadesDISYEPP
11 MarchMaltaJoseph MuscatPLPES
13 MarchBulgariaMarin RaykovIndependent
20 MarchSloveniaAlenka BratušekPSIndependent
29 MayBulgariaPlamen OresharskiIndependentPES[1]

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Notes and References

  1. PES General Secretary Achim Post stated that; “the PES sends the warmest congratulations to the BSP on the formation of the new Government in Bulgaria. Plamen Oresharski becomes the tenth PES head of State or Government in the European Council" although not member of BSP. See the PES press release: "New Bulgarian Government will be one with an irreproachable sense of integrity, responsibility and urgency, says Sergei Stanishev".

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