Parties in the European Council during 2001

European council 2001

The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2001.

This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2001. The list below gives the political party that each head of government, or head of state, belonged to at the national level, as well as the European political alliance to which that national party belonged. 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.

## Summary

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Party  | 1 January 2001  | 11 June 2001  | 27 November 2001  | 6 December 2001

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#  | QMV  | #  | QMV  | #  | QMV  | #  | QMV
Party of European Socialists | 8  | 45  | 8  | 45  | 7 | 42 | 7  | 42
Independent | 3  | 23  | 2 | 13 | 2  | 13  | 1 | 3
European People's Party | 3  | 14  | 4 | 24 | 4  | 24  | 5 | 34
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 1  | 5  | 1  | 5  | 2 | 8 | 2  | 8

## List of leaders (1 January 2001)

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Member-state  | Votes  | Leader  | National party  | European party

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Germany  | 10  | Gerhard Schröder | SPD | PES
France  | 10  | Jacques Chirac | RPR | Independent
United Kingdom  | 10  | Tony Blair | Lab | PES
Italy  | 10  | Giuliano Amato | Independent
Spain  | 8  | José María Aznar | PP | EPP
Netherlands  | 5  | Wim Kok | PvdA | PES
Greece  | 5  | Costas Simitis | PA.SO.K. | PES
Belgium  | 5  | Guy Verhofstadt | VLD | ELDR
Portugal  | 5  | António Guterres | PS | PES
Sweden  | 4  | Göran Persson | SAP | PES
Austria  | 4  | Wolfgang Schüssel | ÖVP | EPP
Denmark  | 3  | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | A | PES
Finland  | 3  | Paavo Lipponen | SDP | PES
Ireland  | 3  | Bertie Ahern | FF | Independent
Luxembourg  | 2  | Jean-Claude Juncker | CSV | EPP

## Changes

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### Affiliation

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Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party

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11 June  | Italy  | Silvio Berlusconi | FI | EPP
27 November  | Denmark  | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | V | ELDR
6 December  | France [1] | Jacques Chirac | RPR | EPP

^ – Rally for the Republic, which held office under Jacques Chirac, became an EPP member.

## See also

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* Presidency of the Council of the European Union

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