Parties in the European Council during 2009
This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each
Qualified Majority Voting
.
Summary
Party | 1 January 2009 | 12 March 2009 | 14 April 2009 | 16 April 2009 | 8 May 2009 | 27 July 2009 | 6 October 2009 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | |
European People's Party | 11 | 182 | 12 | 186 | 12 | 186 | 12 | 186 | 12 | 186 | 13 | 196 | 12 | 184 |
Party of European Socialists | 8 | 111 | 8 | 111 | 7 | 99 | 7 | 99 | 7 | 99 | 6 | 89 | 7 | 101 |
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
|
4 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 25 |
Movement for European Reform[1] | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Independent
|
1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 31 |
Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Party of the European Left | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
List of leaders (1 January 2009)
^ Supported by PD-L ^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.
Changes
Affiliation
Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
12 March | Latvia | Valdis Dombrovskis | JL | EPP |
14 April | Hungary | Gordon Bajnai | Independent
| |
16 April | Ireland[3] | Brian Cowen | FF | ELDR |
8 May | Czech Republic | Jan Fischer | Independent
| |
27 July | Bulgaria | Boyko Borisov | GERB | EPP |
6 October | Greece | George Papandreou | PA.SO.K.
|
PES |
^ – Fianna Fáil, which held office under Brian Cowen, left the AEN and became an ELDR member.
Office-holder only
Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 April | Denmark | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | V | ELDR |
12 July | Lithuania | Dalia Grybauskaitė | Independent
| |
25 November | Belgium | Yves Leterme | CD&V
|
EPP |
National party changes
- On 27 March, Berlusconi's Forza Italia merged with other parties to form The People of Freedom. The successor party continued Forza Italia's EPP membership.
See also
Footnotes
- Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformiststhat did.
External links
- Council of the European Union (official website)