Parties in the European Council during 2015

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2015. 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 qualified majority system.

Summary

Party 1 January 2015 26 January 16 November 26 November
# Pop.% # Pop.% # Pop.% # Pop.%
European People's Party 12 46.58% 11 44.45% 10 36.97% 9 34.93%
Party of European Socialists 9 33.79% 9 33.79% 9 33.79% 10 35.83%
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 5 6.33% 5 6.33% 5 6.33% 5 6.33%
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 1 12.74% 1 12.74% 2 20.22% 2 20.22%
Party of the European Left 0 0.00% 1 2.13% 1 2.13% 1 2.13%
Independent 1 0.57% 1 0.57% 1 0.57% 1 0.57%

List of leaders (1 January 2015)

Member state Pop.% Leader Party
Germany 15.97% Angela Merkel CDU-EPP
France 13.06% François Hollande PS-PES
United Kingdom 12.74% David Cameron Con-AECR
Italy 11.96% Matteo Renzi PD-PES
Spain 9.14% Mariano Rajoy PP-EPP
Poland 7.48% Ewa Kopacz PO-EPP
Romania 3.91% Klaus Iohannis Ind.-EPP
Netherlands 3.33% Mark Rutte VVD-ALDE
Belgium 2.22% Charles Michel MR-ALDE
Greece 2.13% Antonis Samaras ND-EPP
Czech Republic 2.07% Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD-PES
Portugal 2.04% Pedro Passos Coelho PPD/PSD-EPP
Hungary 1.94% Viktor Orbán Fidesz-EPP
Sweden 1.92% Stefan Löfven S-PES
Austria 1.69% Werner Faymann SPÖ-PES
Bulgaria 1.42% Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP
Denmark 1.11% Helle Thorning-Schmidt A-PES
Finland 1.08% Alexander Stubb Kok.-EPP
Slovakia 1.07% Robert Fico SMER-SD-PES
Ireland 0.91% Enda Kenny FG-EPP
Croatia 0.83% Zoran Milanović SDP-PES
Lithuania 0.57% Dalia Grybauskaitė Ind.
Slovenia 0.41% Miro Cerar SMC-ALDE
Latvia 0.39% Laimdota Straujuma V-EPP
Estonia 0.26% Taavi Rõivas RE-ALDE
Cyprus 0.17% Nicos Anastasiades DISY-EPP
Luxembourg 0.11% Xavier Bettel DP-ALDE
Malta 0.08% Joseph Muscat PL-EPP
  1. ^ Supported by PNL

Changes

Date State Former Newer
Leader Party Leader Party
26 January Greece Antonis Samaras ND-EPP Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA-PEL
16 November Poland Ewa Kopacz PO-EPP Beata Szydło PiS-EACR
26 November Portugal Pedro Passos Coelho PSD-EPP António Costa PS-PES

See also


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