This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2018. 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 qualified majority system.
| Party | 1 January 2018 | 1 June | 2 June | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party | 11 | 37.48% | 11 | 37.48% | 10 | 28.38% | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party | 7 | 9.55% | 7 | 9.55% | 7 | 9.55% | |
| Party of European Socialists | 5 | 16.95% | 4 | 5.15% | 5 | 14.25% | |
| Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists | 2 | 20.32% | 2 | 20.32% | 2 | 20.32% | |
| Party of the European Left | 1 | 2.10% | 1 | 2.10% | 1 | 2.10% | |
| Independent | 2 | 13.66% | 3 | 25.46% | 3 | 25.46% | |
| Member state | [1] | Leader | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 16.16% | Angela Merkel | CDU-EPP | |
| France | 13.11% | Emmanuel Macron | LREM-NI | |
| United Kingdom | 12.91% | Theresa May | Con-AECR | |
| Italy | 11.80% | Paolo Gentiloni | PD-PES | |
| Spain | 9.10% | Mariano Rajoy | PP-EPP | |
| Poland | 7.41% | Mateusz Morawiecki | PiS-EACR | |
| Romania | 3.84% | Klaus Iohannis | Ind.[2] -EPP | |
| Netherlands | 3.34% | Mark Rutte | VVD-ALDE | |
| Belgium | 2.23% | Charles Michel | MR-ALDE | |
| Greece | 2.10% | Alexis Tsipras | SYRIZA-PEL | |
| Czech Republic | 2.07% | Andrej Babiš | ANO-ALDE | |
| Portugal | 2.01% | António Costa | PS-PES | |
| Sweden | 1.97% | Stefan Löfven | S-PES | |
| Hungary | 1.91% | Viktor Orbán | Fidesz-EPP | |
| Austria | 1.72% | Sebastian Kurz | ÖVP-EPP | |
| Bulgaria | 1.38% | Boyko Borisov | GERB-EPP | |
| Denmark | 1.13% | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | V-ALDE | |
| Finland | 1.08% | Alexander Stubb | Kok.-EPP | |
| Slovakia | 1.06% | Robert Fico | SMER-SD-PES | |
| Ireland | 0.94% | Leo Varadkar | FG-EPP | |
| Croatia | 0.80% | Andrej Plenković | HDZ-EPP | |
| Lithuania | 0.55% | Dalia Grybauskaitė | Ind. | |
| Slovenia | 0.40% | Miro Cerar | SMC-ALDE | |
| Latvia | 0.38% | Māris Kučinskis | V-EPP | |
| Estonia | 0.26% | Jüri Ratas | K-ALDE | |
| Cyprus | 0.17% | Nicos Anastasiades | DISY-EPP | |
| Luxembourg | 0.12% | Xavier Bettel | DP-ALDE | |
| Malta | 0.09% | Joseph Muscat | PL-EPP | |
| Date | State | Former | Newer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | Party | Leader | Party | ||||
| 22 March | Slovakia | Robert Fico | SMER-SD-PES | Peter Pellegrini | SMER-SD-PES | ||
| 1 June | Italy | Paolo Gentiloni | PD-PES | Giuseppe Conte | Ind. | ||
| 2 June | Spain | Mariano Rajoy | PP-EPP | Pedro Sánchez | PSOE-PES | ||
| 13 September | Slovenia | Miro Cerar | SMC-ALDE | Marjan Šarec | LMŠ-ALDE | ||