Parties in the European Council during 2014

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The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2014.

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each

Qualified Majority Voting
.

Summary

Party 1 January 2014 29 January 2014 1 March 2014 6 August 2014 3 October 2014 11 October 2014 1 November 2014 7 November 2014 21 November 2014
# QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV # Pop.% # Pop.% # Pop.%
European People's Party 12 165 12 165 12 165 12 165 11 155 11 155 11 45.53% 12 46.97% 12 46.97%
Party of European Socialists 8 85 9 97 10 126 9 116 10 126 9 114 9 34.33% 9 34.33% 9 34.33%
Independent
4 52 3 40 2 11 3 21 3 21 3 21 3 2.44% 2 1.00% 1 0.59%
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
1 29 1 29 1 29 1 29 1 29 1 29 1 12.61% 1 12.61% 1 12.61%
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 3 21 3 21 3 21 3 21 3 21 4 33 4 5.89% 4 5.89% 5 6.30%

List of leaders (1 January 2014)

Member-state Votes Leader National party European party
Germany 29 Angela Merkel
CDU
EPP
France 29 François Hollande PS PES
United Kingdom 29 David Cameron Con
AECR
Italy 29 Enrico Letta PD
Independent
Spain 27 Mariano Rajoy PP EPP
Poland 27 Donald Tusk PO EPP
Romania 14 Traian Băsescu
Independent[1]
EPP
Netherlands 13 Mark Rutte VVD ALDE Party
Greece 12 Antonis Samaras ND EPP
Belgium 12 Elio Di Rupo
PS
PES
Portugal 12 Pedro Passos Coelho PPD/PSD EPP
Czech Republic 12 Jiří Rusnok
Independent
Hungary 12 Viktor Orbán Fidesz EPP
Sweden 10 Fredrik Reinfeldt M EPP
Austria 10 Werner Faymann SPÖ PES
Bulgaria 10 Plamen Oresharski
Independent
PES[a 1]
Denmark 7 Helle Thorning-Schmidt A PES
Slovakia 7 Robert Fico SMER-SD PES
Finland 7 Jyrki Katainen Kok. EPP
Ireland 7 Enda Kenny FG EPP
Croatia 7 Zoran Milanović SDP PES
Lithuania 7 Dalia Grybauskaitė
Independent
Slovenia 4 Alenka Bratušek PS
Independent
Latvia 4 Valdis Dombrovskis
V
EPP
Estonia 4 Andrus Ansip RE ALDE Party
Cyprus 4 Nicos Anastasiades DISY EPP
Luxembourg 4 Xavier Bettel DP ALDE Party
Malta 3 Joseph Muscat PL PES

^ Supported by PD-L

Changes

Affiliation

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
29 January Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka
ČSSD
PES
1 March Italy[2] Matteo Renzi PD PES
6 August Bulgaria Georgi Bliznashki
Independent
3 October Sweden Stefan Löfven S PES
11 October Belgium
Charles Michel
MR
ALDE Party
7 November Bulgaria Boyko Borisov GERB EPP
21 November Slovenia[3] Miro Cerar
SMC
ALDE Party

^Democratic Party, which held office under Matteo Renzi, became an PES member.

Party of Miro Cerar, which held office under Miro Cerar
, became an ALDE Party member.

Office-holder only

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
22 January Latvia Laimdota Straujuma
V
EPP
22 February Italy Matteo Renzi PD
Independent
26 March Estonia Taavi Rõivas RE ALDE Party
24 June Finland Alexander Stubb Kok. EPP
18 September Slovenia Miro Cerar
SMC
Independent
22 September Poland Ewa Kopacz PO EPP
22 September Romania Klaus Iohannis
Independent[4]
EPP

^ Supported by PNL

See also

References

  1. ^ PES General Secretary Achim Post stated that; “the PES sends the warmest congratulations to the BSP on the formation of the new Government in Bulgaria. Plamen Oresharski becomes the tenth PES head of State or Government in the European Council" although not member of BSP. See the PES press release: "New Bulgarian Government will be one with an irreproachable sense of integrity, responsibility and urgency, says Sergei Stanishev".

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