Parties in the European Council during 2014

The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2014.

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

Party	1 January 2014		29 January 2014		1 March 2014		6 August 2014		3 October 2014		11 October 2014		1 November 2014		7 November 2014		21 November 2014
	#	QMV	#	QMV	#	QMV	#	QMV	#	QMV	#	QMV	#	Pop.%	#	Pop.%	#	Pop.%
European People's Party	12	165	12	165	12	165	12	165	11	155	11	155	11	45.53%	12	46.97%	12	46.97%
Party of European Socialists	8	85	9	97	10	126	9	116	10	126	9	114	9	34.33%	9	34.33%	9	34.33%
Independent	4	52	3	40	2	11	3	21	3	21	3	21	3	2.44%	2	1.00%	1	0.59%
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists	1	29	1	29	1	29	1	29	1	29	1	29	1	12.61%	1	12.61%	1	12.61%
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party	3	21	3	21	3	21	3	21	3	21	4	33	4	5.89%	4	5.89%	5	6.30%

List of leaders (1 January 2014)

Member-state	Votes	Leader	National party	European party
Germany	29	Angela Merkel	CDU	EPP
France	29	François Hollande	PS	PES
United Kingdom	29	David Cameron	Con	AECR
Italy	29	Enrico Letta	PD	Independent
Spain	27	Mariano Rajoy	PP	EPP
Poland	27	Donald Tusk	PO	EPP
Romania	14	Traian Băsescu	Independent	EPP
Netherlands	13	Mark Rutte	VVD	ALDE Party
Greece	12	Antonis Samaras	ND	EPP
Belgium	12	Elio Di Rupo	PS	PES
Portugal	12	Pedro Passos Coelho	PPD/PSD	EPP
Czech Republic	12	Jiří Rusnok	Independent
Hungary	12	Viktor Orbán	Fidesz	EPP
Sweden	10	Fredrik Reinfeldt	M	EPP
Austria	10	Werner Faymann	SPÖ	PES
Bulgaria	10	Plamen Oresharski	Independent	PES<ref group="a" name=="Oresharski PES">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".</ref>
Denmark	7	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	A	PES
Slovakia	7	Robert Fico	SMER-SD	PES
Finland	7	Jyrki Katainen	Kok.	EPP
Ireland	7	Enda Kenny	FG	EPP
Croatia	7	Zoran Milanović	SDP	PES
Lithuania	7	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Independent
Slovenia	4	Alenka Bratušek	PS	Independent
Latvia	4	Valdis Dombrovskis	V	EPP
Estonia	4	Andrus Ansip	RE	ALDE Party
Cyprus	4	Nicos Anastasiades	DISY	EPP
Luxembourg	4	Xavier Bettel	DP	ALDE Party
Malta	3	Joseph Muscat	PL	PES

^ Supported by PD-L

Changes

Affiliation

Date	Member-state	Leader	National party	European party
29 January	Czech Republic	Bohuslav Sobotka	ČSSD	PES
1 March	Italy	Matteo Renzi	PD	PES
6 August	Bulgaria	Georgi Bliznashki	Independent
3 October	Sweden	Stefan Löfven	S	PES
11 October	Belgium	Charles Michel	MR	ALDE Party
7 November	Bulgaria	Boyko Borisov	GERB	EPP
21 November	Slovenia	Miro Cerar	SMC	ALDE 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

Date	Member-state	Leader	National party	European party
22 January	Latvia	Laimdota Straujuma	V	EPP
22 February	Italy	Matteo Renzi	PD	Independent
26 March	Estonia	Taavi Rõivas	RE	ALDE Party
24 June	Finland	Alexander Stubb	Kok.	EPP
18 September	Slovenia	Miro Cerar	SMC	Independent
22 September	Poland	Ewa Kopacz	PO	EPP
22 September	Romania	Klaus Iohannis	Independent	EPP

^ Supported by PNL

See also

• Presidency of the Council of the European Union

References

External links

• Council of the European Union (official website)