Parties in the European Council between January and June 2013

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The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2013.

Until 1 July 2013 the European Union will have twenty-seven members. On that date, Croatia is expected to join the Union, therefore forcing a 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 national level 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

Party1 January 201328 February 201311 March 221313 March 201320 March 201329 May 2013
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European People's Party 151821618615183141731316913169
Party of European Socialists 565565668668668778
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 241241241241241241
Independent 236236236346450340
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 217217217217217217
Party of the European Left 140000000000

List of leaders (1 January 2013)

Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean party
Germany29 Angela Merkel CDU EPP
France29 François Hollande PS PES
United Kingdom29 David Cameron Con AECR
Italy29 Mario Monti SC Independent
Spain27 Mariano Rajoy PP EPP
Poland27 Donald Tusk PO EPP
Romania14 Traian Băsescu Independent EPP
Netherlands13 Mark Rutte VVD ALDE Party
Greece12 Antonis Samaras ND EPP
Belgium12 Elio Di Rupo PS PES
Portugal12 Pedro Passos Coelho PPD/PSD EPP
Czech Republic12 Petr Nečas ODS AECR
Hungary12 Viktor Orbán Fidesz EPP
Sweden10 Fredrik Reinfeldt M EPP
Austria10 Werner Faymann SPÖ PES
Bulgaria10 Boyko Borisov GERB EPP
Denmark7 Helle Thorning-Schmidt A PES
Slovakia7 Robert Fico SMER-SD PES
Finland7 Jyrki Katainen Kok. EPP
Ireland7 Enda Kenny FG EPP
Lithuania7 Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent
Slovenia4 Janez Janša SDS EPP
Latvia4 Valdis Dombrovskis V EPP
Estonia4 Andrus Ansip RE ALDE Party
Cyprus4 Demetris Christofias AKEL PEL
Luxembourg4 Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP
Malta3 Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP

^ Supported by PD-L
^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

Changes

Affiliation

DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party
28 FebruaryCyprus Nicos Anastasiades DISY EPP
11 MarchMalta Joseph Muscat PL PES
13 MarchBulgaria Marin Raykov Independent
20 MarchSlovenia Alenka Bratušek PS Independent
29 MayBulgaria Plamen Oresharski Independent PES [a 1]

Office-holder only

DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party
28 AprilItaly Enrico Letta PD Independent

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  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".