Parties in the European Council between May and December 2004
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On 1 May 2004 ten new member states joined the European Union. This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each
Qualified Majority Voting
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Summary
| Party | 1 May 2004 | 12 July 2004 | 1 November 2004 | 2 December 2004 | 3 December 2004 | |||||
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| # | QMVa | # | QMVa | # | QMVb | # | QMVb | # | QMVb | |
| Party of European Socialists | 7 | 50 | 7 | 50 | 7 | 146 | 7 | 146 | 7 | 146 |
| European People's Party | 10 | 49 | 10 | 49 | 10 | 123 | 11 | 127 | 12 | 131 |
| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 5 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 26 |
| Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| European Green Party | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Independent
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1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
a – Transitional QMV system with 124 total votes and a qualified majority of 88 (70.97%), in use until 1 November 2004.
b – Final EU-25 QMV system with 321 total votes and a qualified majority of 232 (72.27%).
List of leaders (1 May 2004)
^ DIKO's MEP joined 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.
Changes
Affiliation
| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
| 12 July | Lithuania | Valdas Adamkus | Independent
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| 2 December | Latvia | Aigars Kalvītis | TP | EPP |
| 3 December | Slovenia | Janez Janša | SDS | EPP |
Office-holder only
| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
| 2 May | Poland | Marek Belka | SLD | PES |
| 17 July | Portugal | Pedro Santana Lopes | PPD/PSD | EPP |
| 4 August | Czech Republic | Stanislav Gross | ČSSD
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PES |
| 29 September | Hungary | Ferenc Gyurcsány | MSZP | PES |
See also
External links
- Council of the European Union (official website)
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