Parties in the European Council during 2008
This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each
Qualified Majority Voting
.
Summary
| Party | 1 January 2008 | 28 February 2008 | 20 March 2008 | 8 May 2008 | 21 November 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | |
| European People's Party | 10 | 145 | 10 | 145 | 11 | 157 | 12 | 186 | 11 | 182 |
| Party of European Socialists | 7 | 107 | 7 | 107 | 7 | 107 | 7 | 107 | 8 | 111 |
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
|
5 | 34 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 22 |
| European Democratic Party | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Movement for European Reform | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
Independent
|
2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Party of the European Left | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
List of leaders (1 January 2008)
| Member-state | Votes | Leader | National party | European party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 29 | Angela Merkel | CDU
|
EPP |
| United Kingdom | 29 | Gordon Brown | Lab | PES |
| France | 29 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | EPP |
| Italy | 29 | Romano Prodi | Independent [1]
|
EDP |
| Spain | 27 | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | PSOE | PES |
| Poland | 27 | Donald Tusk | PO | EPP |
| Romania | 14 | Traian Băsescu | Independent[2]
|
EPP |
| Netherlands | 13 | Jan Peter Balkenende | CDA | EPP |
| Greece | 12 | Kostas Karamanlis | ND | EPP |
| Czech Republic | 12 | Mirek Topolánek | ODS | MER |
| Belgium | 12 | Guy Verhofstadt | Open Vld
|
ELDR
|
| Hungary | 12 | Ferenc Gyurcsány | MSZP | PES |
| Portugal | 12 | José Sócrates | PS | PES |
| Sweden | 10 | Fredrik Reinfeldt | M | EPP |
| Austria | 10 | Alfred Gusenbauer | SPÖ | PES |
| Bulgaria | 10 | Sergei Stanishev
|
BSP | PES |
| Slovakia | 7 | Robert Fico | SMER-SD | PES |
| Denmark | 7 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | V | ELDR
|
| Finland | 7 | Matti Vanhanen | Kesk. | ELDR
|
| Ireland | 7 | Bertie Ahern | FF | AEN |
| Lithuania | 7 | Valdas Adamkus | Independent
| |
| Latvia | 4 | Ivars Godmanis | LPP/LC | ELDR
|
| Slovenia | 4 | Janez Janša | SDS | EPP |
| Estonia | 4 | Andrus Ansip | RE
|
ELDR
|
| Cyprus | 4 | Tassos Papadopoulos | DIKO | Independent [3]
|
| Luxembourg | 4 | Jean-Claude Juncker | CSV | EPP |
| Malta | 3 | Lawrence Gonzi | PN | EPP |
^ Prodi's Democratic Party had yet to determine which European party it would belong to. Prodi's political background was on the Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy side of the PD's ancestry, and he personally was honorary president of Daisy's European parent, the EDP. ^ Supported by PD-L ^ DIKO's MEP is a member of 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 |
| 28 February | Cyprus | Demetris Christofias | AKEL | PEL [4] |
| 20 March | Belgium | Yves Leterme | CD&V | EPP |
| 8 May | Italy | Silvio Berlusconi | FI | EPP |
| 21 November | Slovenia | Borut Pahor | SD | PES |
^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.
Office-holder only
| Date | Member-state | New Leader | National party | European party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May | Ireland | Brian Cowen | FF | AEN |
| 2 December | Austria | Werner Faymann | SPÖ | PES |
| 30 December | Belgium | Herman Van Rompuy | CD&V | EPP |
See also
External links
- Council of the European Union (official website)
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