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Parties in the Council of the European Union

This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the Council of the European Union. 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 parliamentary group 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

Parliamentary group January 2005 March 2005 April 2005
European People's Party - European Democrats 12 11 10
Party of European Socialists 8 9 9
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 4 4 5
Union for a Europe of Nations 1 1 1

List of leaders (Jan. 2005)

Member-state Leader National party Parliamentary group
Germany Gerhard Schröder SPD PES
France Jacques Chirac UMP EPP-ED
United Kingdom Tony Blair Labour PES
Italy Silvio Berlusconi Forza Italia EPP-ED
Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero PSOE PES
Poland Marek Belka SLD PES
Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende CDA EPP-ED
Greece Costas Caramanlis New Democracy EPP-ED
Portugal Pedro Santana Lopes PSD EPP-ED
Belgium Guy Verhofstadt VLD ALDE
Czech Republic Stanislav Gross ČSSD PES
Hungary Ferenc Gyurcsány Socialists PES
Sweden Göran Persson SAP PES
Austria Wolfgang Schüssel OVP EPP-ED
Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre ALDE
Slovakia MikulᚠDzurinda SDKÚ EPP-ED
Finland Matti Vanhanen Centre Party ALDE
Ireland, Republic of Bertie Ahern Fianna Fáil UEN
Lithuania Algirdas Brazauskas LSP PES
Latvia Aigars Kalvitis People's Party EPP-ED
Slovenia Janez Jansa Democratic Party EPP-ED
Estonia Andrus Ansip Reformierakond ALDE
Cyprus, Republic of Tassos Papadopoulos Diko ALDE
Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP-ED
Malta Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP-ED

Changes

Date Member-state Leader National party Parliamentary group
March Portugal Jose Socrates PS PES
April Estonia Andrus Ansip Reformierakond ALDE

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Last updated: 06-08-2005 21:56:58
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