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    Parties in the European Council during 2018

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    This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2018. 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

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    Party 1 January 2018 1 June 2 June
    # Pop.% # Pop.% # Pop.%
    European People's Party 11 37.48% 11 37.48% 10 28.38%
    Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 7 9.55% 7 9.55% 7 9.55%
    Party of European Socialists 5 16.95% 4 5.15% 5 14.25%
    Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 2 20.32% 2 20.32% 2 20.32%
    Party of the European Left 1 2.10% 1 2.10% 1 2.10%
    Independent 2 13.66% 3 25.46% 3 25.46%

    List of leaders (1 January 2018)

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    Member state Pop.%[1] Leader Party
    Germany 16.16% Angela Merkel CDU-EPP
    France 13.11% Emmanuel Macron LREM-NI
    United Kingdom 12.91% Theresa May Con-AECR
    Italy 11.80% Paolo Gentiloni PD-PES
    Spain 9.10% Mariano Rajoy PP-EPP
    Poland 7.41% Mateusz Morawiecki PiS-EACR
    Romania 3.84% Klaus Iohannis Ind.[note 1]-EPP
    Netherlands 3.34% Mark Rutte VVD-ALDE
    Belgium 2.23% Charles Michel MR-ALDE
    Greece 2.10% Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA-PEL
    Czech Republic 2.07% Andrej Babiš ANO-ALDE
    Portugal 2.01% António Costa PS-PES
    Sweden 1.97% Stefan Löfven S-PES
    Hungary 1.91% Viktor Orbán Fidesz-EPP
    Austria 1.72% Sebastian Kurz ÖVP-EPP
    Bulgaria 1.38% Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP
    Denmark 1.13% Lars Løkke Rasmussen V-ALDE
    Finland 1.08% Alexander Stubb Kok.-EPP
    Slovakia 1.06% Robert Fico SMER-SD-PES
    Ireland 0.94% Leo Varadkar FG-EPP
    Croatia 0.80% Andrej Plenković HDZ-EPP
    Lithuania 0.55% Dalia Grybauskaitė Ind.
    Slovenia 0.40% Miro Cerar SMC-ALDE
    Latvia 0.38% Māris Kučinskis V-EPP
    Estonia 0.26% Jüri Ratas K-ALDE
    Cyprus 0.17% Nicos Anastasiades DISY-EPP
    Luxembourg 0.12% Xavier Bettel DP-ALDE
    Malta 0.09% Joseph Muscat PL-EPP
    1. ^ Supported by PNL

    Changes

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    Date State Former Newer
    Leader Party Leader Party
    22 March Slovakia Robert Fico SMER-SD-PES Peter Pellegrini SMER-SD-PES
    1 June Italy Paolo Gentiloni PD-PES Giuseppe Conte Ind.
    2 June Spain Mariano Rajoy PP-EPP Pedro Sánchez PSOE-PES
    13 September Slovenia Miro Cerar SMC-ALDE Marjan Šarec LMŠ-ALDE

    See also

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    • Presidency of the Council of the European Union

    References

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    1. ^ Eurostat
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