Parties in the European Council between July and December 2013

On 1 July 2013, Croatia became the 28th member state of the European Union. This resulted in change of the influence each member state has, as well as its Qualified Majority Voting. This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2013. 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.

Summary

Party	1 July 2013		10 July 2013		4 December 2013
Party	#	QMV	#	QMV	#	QMV
European People's Party	13	169	13	169	12	165
Party of European Socialists	8	85	8	85	8	85
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists	2	41	1	29	1	29
Independent	3	40	4	52	4	52
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party	2	17	2	17	3	21

List of leaders (1 July 2013)

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	Petr Nečas	ODS	AECR
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	Jean-Claude Juncker	CSV	EPP
Malta	3	Joseph Muscat	PL	PES

^ Supported by PD-L

Changes

Affiliation

Date	Member-state	Leader	National party	European party
10 July	Czech Republic	Jiří Rusnok	Independent
4 December	Luxembourg	Xavier Bettel	DP	ALDE Party

Office-holder only

Date	Member-state	Leader	National party	European party

References

^ 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".

External links

Council of the European Union (official website)

[="Oresharski-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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