Parties in the European Council during 2007
This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each
Qualified Majority Voting
.
Summary
| Party | 1 January 2007 | 11 January 2007 | 20 April 2007 | 23 May 2007 | 16 November 2007 | 20 December 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | |
| European People's Party | 11 | 132 | 10 | 122 | 9 | 108 | 10 | 122 | 11 | 149 | 10 | 145 |
| Party of European Socialists | 6 | 97 | 7 | 107 | 8 | 121 | 7 | 107 | 7 | 107 | 7 | 107 |
| Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 2 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 34 |
| European Democratic Party | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 |
| Movement for European Reform | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
Independent
|
2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
List of leaders (1 January 2007)
The Olive Tree coalition rather than any member-party, but he had previously been a member of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy's ancestor-party and was honorary president of its European parent, the EDP., but the party is not formally attached to any pan-European organization.
^ DIKO's MEP is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament
Changes
Affiliation
| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
| 11 January | Austria | Alfred Gusenbauer | SPÖ | PES |
| 20 April | Romania | Nicolae Văcăroiu | PSD | PES |
| 23 May | Romania | Traian Băsescu | Independent[4]
|
EPP |
| 16 November | Poland | Donald Tusk | PO | EPP |
| 20 December | Latvia | Ivars Godmanis | LPP/LC | ELDR |
Office-holder only
| Date | Member-state | New Leader | National party | European party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May | France | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | EPP |
| 27 June | United Kingdom | Gordon Brown | Labour | PES |
National party changes
- On 14 October, Prodi's governing The Olive Tree coalition of parties merged into a single Democratic Party. The successor party had yet to determine whether it would continue Daisy's EDP membership; Prodi remained aligned on an individual basis with the EDP.
See also
External links
- Council of the European Union (official website)
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