This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2009. 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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Summary
edit| 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)
edit^ Supported by PD-L ^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.
Changes
editAffiliation
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- 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
editFootnotes
edit- ^ The Movement for European Reform never officially sought recognition as a European political party, and on 1 October 2009 the members instead founded an organization under the title Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists that did.
External links
edit- Council of the European Union (official website)