The states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 6 October 2009.

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This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council. The list below gives the political party that each head of government, or head of state, belongs to at the national level, as well as the European political alliance to which that national party belongs. The states are listed from most to least populous. More populous states have greater influence in the council, in accordance with the system of Qualified Majority Voting.

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[edit] List of leaders

The last changes to the list of leaders was on 6 October 2009, when George Papandreou became the Prime Minister of Greece.

Member-state	Votes	Leader	Start of mandate	Picture	National party	European party	Elections
							Last	Next
Germany	29	Angela Merkel	2005		CDU	EPP	2009	2013?
United Kingdom	29	Gordon Brown	2007		Labour	PES	2005	2010
France	29	Nicolas Sarkozy	2007		UMP	EPP	2007	2012?
Italy	29	Silvio Berlusconi	2008 Also in office between 1994 and 1995, and between 2001 and 2006		PdL	EPP	2008	2013?
Spain	27	José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero	2004		PSOE	PES	2008	2012?
Poland	27	Donald Tusk	2007		PO	EPP	2007	2011?
Romania	14	Emil Boc	2008		PD-L	EPP	2008	2012?
Netherlands	13	Jan Peter Balkenende	2002		CDA	EPP	2006	2010
Greece	12	George Papandreou	2009		PASOK	PES	2009	2013?
Czech Republic	12	Jan Fischer	2009		Independent		2006	2010
Belgium	12	Herman Van Rompuy	2008		CD&V	EPP	2007	2011?
Hungary	12	Bajnai Gordon	2009		Independent		2006	2010
Portugal	12	José Sócrates	2005		PS	PES	2009	2013?
Sweden	10	Fredrik Reinfeldt	2006		Moderates	EPP	2006	2010
Austria	10	Werner Faymann	2008		SPÖ	PES	2008	2013?
Bulgaria	10	Boyko Borisov	2009		GERB	EPP	2009	2013?
Slovakia	7	Robert Fico	2006		Direction	PES	2006	2010
Denmark	7	Lars Løkke Rasmussen	2009		Venstre	ELDR	2007	2011?
Finland	7	Matti Vanhanen	2003		Centre Party	ELDR	2007	2011?
Ireland	7	Brian Cowen	2008		Fianna Fáil	ELDR	2007	2012?
Lithuania	7	Andrius Kubilius	2008 Also in office between 1999 and 2000		TS–LKD	EPP	2008	2012?
Latvia	4	Valdis Dombrovskis	2009		JL	EPP	2006	2010
Slovenia	4	Borut Pahor	2008		SD	PES	2008	2012?
Estonia	4	Andrus Ansip	2005		Reform Party	ELDR	2007	2011?
Cyprus	4	Dimitris Christofias	2008		AKEL	PEL[1]	2008	2013?
Luxembourg	4	Jean-Claude Juncker	1995		CSV	EPP	2009	2014?
Malta	3	Lawrence Gonzi	2004		PN	EPP	2008	2013?

^  AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

[edit] Council configurations by year

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 (EU25) | 2004 (EU15) | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

[edit] See also

• Presidency of the Council of the European Union
• European Council

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Council of the European Union (official website)