Parties in the European Council during 2007

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The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2007.

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2007. 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

Party1 January 200711 January 200720 April 200723 May 200716 November 200720 December 2007
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European People's Party 11132101229108101221114910145
Party of European Socialists 69771078121710771077107
Alliance for Europe of the Nations 2342342342341717
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 430430430430430534
European Democratic Party 129129129129129129
Movement for European Reform 112112112112112112
Independent 211211211211211211

List of leaders (1 January 2007)

Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean party
Germany29 Angela Merkel CDU EPP
United Kingdom29 Tony Blair Lab PES
France29 Jacques Chirac UMP EPP
Italy29 Romano Prodi Independent EDP
Spain27 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero PSOE PES
Poland27 Jarosław Kaczyński PiS AEN
Romania14 Traian Băsescu Independent EPP
Netherlands13 Jan Peter Balkenende CDA EPP
Greece12 Kostas Karamanlis ND EPP
Czech Republic12 Mirek Topolánek ODS MER
Belgium12 Guy Verhofstadt VLD ELDR
Hungary12 Ferenc Gyurcsány MSZP PES
Portugal12 José Sócrates PS PES
Sweden10 Fredrik Reinfeldt M EPP
Austria10 Wolfgang Schüssel ÖVP EPP
Bulgaria10 Sergei Stanishev BSP PES
Slovakia7 Robert Fico SMER-SD PES
Denmark7 Anders Fogh Rasmussen V ELDR
Finland7 Matti Vanhanen Kesk. ELDR
Ireland7 Bertie Ahern FF AEN
Lithuania7 Valdas Adamkus Independent
Latvia4 Aigars Kalvītis TP EPP
Slovenia4 Janez Janša SDS EPP
Estonia4 Andrus Ansip RE ELDR
Cyprus4 Tassos Papadopoulos DIKO Independent
Luxembourg4 Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP
Malta3 Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP

^ Supported by PD
^ Prior to 14 October, Prodi had officially aligned himself only with his The Olive Tree coalition rather than any member-party, but he had previously been a member of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy's ancestor-party and was honorary president of its European parent, the EDP.
^ 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.

Changes

Affiliation

DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party
11 JanuaryAustria Alfred Gusenbauer SPÖ PES
20 AprilRomania Nicolae Văcăroiu PSD PES
23 MayRomania Traian Băsescu Independent EPP
16 NovemberPoland Donald Tusk PO EPP
20 DecemberLatvia Ivars Godmanis LPP/LC ELDR

^ Supported by PD

Office-holder only

DateMember-stateNew LeaderNational partyEuropean party
16 MayFrance Nicolas Sarkozy UMP EPP
27 JuneUnited Kingdom Gordon Brown Labour PES

National party changes

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