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Party | 1 January 2006 | 17 May 2006 | 4 July 2006 | 4 September 2006 | 6 October 2006 | |||||
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# | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | |
European People's Party | 11 | 144 | 10 | 115 | 9 | 108 | 9 | 108 | 10 | 118 |
Party of European Socialists | 6 | 102 | 6 | 102 | 7 | 109 | 6 | 97 | 5 | 87 |
Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 2 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 34 |
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 30 |
Independent | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
European Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 |
Movement for European Reform | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
Member-state | Votes | Leader | National party | European party |
Germany | 29 | Angela Merkel | CDU | EPP |
United Kingdom | 29 | Tony Blair | Lab | PES |
France | 29 | Jacques Chirac | UMP | EPP |
Italy | 29 | Silvio Berlusconi | FI | EPP |
Spain | 27 | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | PSOE | PES |
Poland | 27 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz | PiS | AEN |
Netherlands | 13 | Jan Peter Balkenende | CDA | EPP |
Greece | 12 | Kostas Karamanlis | ND | EPP |
Czech Republic | 12 | Jiří Paroubek | ČSSD | PES |
Belgium | 12 | Guy Verhofstadt | VLD | ELDR |
Hungary | 12 | Ferenc Gyurcsány | MSZP | PES |
Portugal | 12 | José Sócrates | PS | PES |
Sweden | 10 | Göran Persson | SAP | PES |
Austria | 10 | Wolfgang Schüssel | ÖVP | EPP |
Slovakia | 7 | Mikuláš Dzurinda | SDKÚ | EPP |
Denmark | 7 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | V | ELDR |
Finland | 7 | Matti Vanhanen | Kesk. | ELDR |
Ireland | 7 | Bertie Ahern | FF | AEN |
Lithuania | 7 | Valdas Adamkus | Independent | |
Latvia | 4 | Aigars Kalvītis | TP | EPP |
Slovenia | 4 | Janez Janša | SDS | EPP |
Estonia | 4 | Andrus Ansip | RE | ELDR |
Cyprus | 4 | Tassos Papadopoulos | DIKO | Independent |
Luxembourg | 4 | Jean-Claude Juncker | CSV | EPP |
Malta | 3 | Lawrence Gonzi | PN | EPP |
^ DIKO's MEP is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament, but the party is not formally attached to any pan-European organization.
Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
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17 May | Italy | Romano Prodi | Independent | EDP |
4 July | Slovakia | Robert Fico | SMER-SD | PES |
4 September | Czech Republic | Mirek Topolánek | ODS | MER |
6 October | Sweden | Fredrik Reinfeldt | M | EPP |
^ Prodi officially aligns himself only with his The Olive Tree coalition rather than any member-party, but he was previously a member of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy's ancestor-party and is honorary president of its European parent, the EDP.
Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
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14 July | Poland | Jarosław Kaczyński | PiS | AEN |
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