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

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# | 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

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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

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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

## External links

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* Council of the European Union (official website)

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