Parties in the European Council during 2014 explained

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2014. 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.

Summary

Party1 January 201429 January 20141 March 20146 August 20143 October 201411 October 20141 November 20147 November 201421 November 2014
QMVQMVQMVQMVQMVQMVPop.%Pop.%Pop.%
European People's Party1216512165121651216511155111551145.53%1246.97%1246.97%
Party of European Socialists885997101269116101269114934.33%934.33%934.33%
Independent45234021132132132132.44% 21.00%10.59%
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists129129129129129129112.61%112.61%112.61%
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party32132132132132143345.89%45.89%56.30%

List of leaders (1 January 2014)

Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean party
Germany29Angela MerkelCDUEPP
France29François HollandePSPES
United Kingdom29David CameronConAECR
Italy29Enrico LettaPDIndependent
Spain27Mariano RajoyPPEPP
Poland27Donald TuskPOEPP
Romania14Traian BăsescuIndependentEPP
Netherlands13Mark RutteVVDALDE Party
Greece12Antonis SamarasNDEPP
Belgium12Elio Di RupoPSPES
Portugal12Pedro Passos CoelhoPPD/PSDEPP
Czech Republic12Jiří RusnokIndependent
Hungary12Viktor OrbánFideszEPP
Sweden10Fredrik ReinfeldtMEPP
Austria10Werner FaymannSPÖPES
Bulgaria10Plamen OresharskiIndependentPES[1]
Denmark7Helle Thorning-SchmidtAPES
Slovakia7Robert FicoSMER-SDPES
Finland7Jyrki KatainenKok.EPP
Ireland7Enda KennyFGEPP
Croatia7Zoran MilanovićSDPPES
Lithuania7Dalia GrybauskaitėIndependent
Slovenia4Alenka BratušekPSIndependent
Latvia4Valdis DombrovskisVEPP
Estonia4Andrus AnsipREALDE Party
Cyprus4Nicos AnastasiadesDISYEPP
Luxembourg4Xavier BettelDPALDE Party
Malta3Joseph MuscatPLPES

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Changes

Affiliation

DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party
29 JanuaryCzech RepublicBohuslav SobotkaČSSDPES
1 MarchItalyMatteo RenziPDPES
6 AugustBulgariaGeorgi BliznashkiIndependent
3 OctoberSwedenStefan LöfvenSPES
11 OctoberBelgiumCharles MichelMRALDE Party
7 NovemberBulgariaBoyko BorisovGERBEPP
21 NovemberSloveniaMiro CerarSMCALDE Party

– Democratic Party, which held office under Matteo Renzi, became an PES member. – Party of Miro Cerar, which held office under Miro Cerar, became an ALDE Party member.

Office-holder only

DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party
22 JanuaryLatviaLaimdota StraujumaVEPP
22 FebruaryItalyMatteo RenziPDIndependent
26 MarchEstoniaTaavi RõivasREALDE Party
24 JuneFinlandAlexander StubbKok.EPP
18 SeptemberSloveniaMiro CerarSMCIndependent
22 SeptemberPolandEwa KopaczPOEPP
22 SeptemberRomaniaKlaus IohannisIndependentEPP

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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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