Parties in the European Council during 1999
This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each
Qualified Majority Voting
.
Summary
Party | January 1, 1999 | 12 July 1999 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
# | QMV | # | QMV | |
Party of European Socialists | 10 | 59 | 10 | 59 |
European People's Party | 3 | 15 | 2 | 10 |
Independent
|
2 | 13 | 2 | 13 |
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
List of leaders (1 January 1999)
Member-state | Votes | Leader | National party | European party |
---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | 10 | Gerhard Schröder | SPD | PES |
France | 10 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | Independent
|
United Kingdom | 10 | Tony Blair | Lab | PES |
Italy | 10 | Massimo D'Alema | DS | PES |
Spain | 8 | José María Aznar | PP | EPP |
Netherlands | 5 | Wim Kok | PvdA | PES |
Greece | 5 | Costas Simitis | PA.SO.K.
|
PES |
Belgium | 5 | Jean-Luc Dehaene | CD&V
|
EPP |
Portugal | 5 | António Guterres | PS | PES |
Sweden | 4 | Göran Persson | SAP | PES |
Austria | 4 | Viktor Klima | SPÖ | PES |
Denmark | 3 | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | A | PES |
Finland | 3 | Paavo Lipponen | SDP | PES |
Ireland | 3 | Bertie Ahern | FF | Independent
|
Luxembourg | 2 | Jean-Claude Juncker | CSV | EPP |
Changes
Affiliation
Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
12 July | Belgium | Guy Verhofstadt | VLD
|
ELDR |
See also
External links
- Council of the European Union (official website)