Parties in the European Council during 2014

The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2014.

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2014. 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.

## Summary

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Party  | 1 January 2014  | 29 January 2014  | 1 March 2014  | 6 August 2014  | 3 October 2014  | 11 October 2014  | 1 November 2014  | 7 November 2014  | 21 November 2014

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#  | QMV  | #  | QMV  | #  | QMV  | #  | QMV  | #  | QMV  | #  | QMV  | #  | Pop.%  | #  | Pop.%  | #  | Pop.%
European People's Party | 12  | 165  | 12  | 165  | 12  | 165  | 12  | 165  | 11 | 155 | 11  | 155  | 11  | 45.53%  | 12 | 46.97% | 12  | 46.97%
Party of European Socialists | 8  | 85  | 9 | 97 | 10 | 126 | 9 | 116 | 10 | 126 | 9 | 114 | 9  | 34.33%  | 9  | 34.33%  | 9  | 34.33%
Independent | 4  | 52  | 3 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 3  | 21  | 3  | 21  | 3  | 2.44%  | 2 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.59%
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists | 1  | 29  | 1  | 29  | 1  | 29  | 1  | 29  | 1  | 29  | 1  | 29  | 1  | 12.61%  | 1  | 12.61%  | 1  | 12.61%
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party | 3  | 21  | 3  | 21  | 3  | 21  | 3  | 21  | 3  | 21  | 4 | 33 | 4  | 5.89%  | 4  | 5.89%  | 5 | 6.30%

## List of leaders (1 January 2014)

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

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Germany  | 29  | Angela Merkel | CDU | EPP
France  | 29  | François Hollande | PS | PES
United Kingdom  | 29  | David Cameron | Con | AECR
Italy  | 29  | Enrico Letta | PD | Independent
Spain  | 27  | Mariano Rajoy | PP | EPP
Poland  | 27  | Donald Tusk | PO | EPP
Romania  | 14  | Traian Băsescu | Independent[1] | EPP
Netherlands  | 13  | Mark Rutte | VVD | ALDE Party
Greece  | 12  | Antonis Samaras | ND | EPP
Belgium  | 12  | Elio Di Rupo | PS | PES
Portugal  | 12  | Pedro Passos Coelho | PPD/PSD | EPP
Czech Republic  | 12  | Jiří Rusnok | Independent
Hungary  | 12  | Viktor Orbán | Fidesz | EPP
Sweden  | 10  | Fredrik Reinfeldt | M | EPP
Austria  | 10  | Werner Faymann | SPÖ | PES
Bulgaria  | 10  | Plamen Oresharski | Independent | PES[a 1]
Denmark  | 7  | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | A | PES
Slovakia  | 7  | Robert Fico | SMER-SD | PES
Finland  | 7  | Jyrki Katainen | Kok. | EPP
Ireland  | 7  | Enda Kenny | FG | EPP
Croatia  | 7  | Zoran Milanović | SDP | PES
Lithuania  | 7  | Dalia Grybauskaitė | Independent
Slovenia  | 4  | Alenka Bratušek | PS | Independent
Latvia  | 4  | Valdis Dombrovskis | V | EPP
Estonia  | 4  | Andrus Ansip | RE | ALDE Party
Cyprus  | 4  | Nicos Anastasiades | DISY | EPP
Luxembourg  | 4  | Xavier Bettel | DP | ALDE Party
Malta  | 3  | Joseph Muscat | PL | PES

^ Supported by PD-L

## Changes

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### Affiliation

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

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29 January  | Czech Republic  | Bohuslav Sobotka | ČSSD | PES
1 March  | Italy[2] | Matteo Renzi | PD | PES
6 August  | Bulgaria  | Georgi Bliznashki | Independent
3 October  | Sweden  | Stefan Löfven | S | PES
11 October  | Belgium  | Charles Michel | MR | ALDE Party
7 November  | Bulgaria  | Boyko Borisov | GERB | EPP
21 November  | Slovenia[3] | Miro Cerar | SMC | ALDE Party

^ – Democratic Party, which held office under Matteo Renzi, became an PES member. ^ – Party of Miro Cerar, which held office under Miro Cerar, became an ALDE Party member.

### Office-holder only

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

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22 January  | Latvia  | Laimdota Straujuma | V | EPP
22 February  | Italy  | Matteo Renzi | PD | Independent
26 March  | Estonia  | Taavi Rõivas | RE | ALDE Party
24 June  | Finland  | Alexander Stubb | Kok. | EPP
18 September  | Slovenia  | Miro Cerar | SMC | Independent
22 September  | Poland  | Ewa Kopacz | PO | EPP
22 September  | Romania  | Klaus Iohannis | Independent[4] | EPP

^ Supported by PNL

## See also

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* Presidency of the Council of the European Union

## References

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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".

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