Parties in the European Council during 2016

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2016. 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 2016 22 January 28 June 19 October
# Pop.% # Pop.% # Pop.% # Pop.%
Party of European Socialists 10 35.79% 9 34.97% 8 33.85% 8 33.85%
European People's Party 9 34.96% 9 34.96% 9 34.96% 10 35.78%
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 5 6.31% 5 6.31% 6 7.43% 6 7.43%
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 2 20.25% 2 20.25% 2 20.25% 2 20.25%
Party of the European Left 1 2.12% 1 2.12% 1 2.12% 1 2.12%
Independent 1 0.57% 2 1.39% 2 1.39% 1 0.57%

List of leaders (1 January 2016)

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Member state Pop.%[1] Leader Party
Germany 16.11% Angela Merkel CDU-EPP
France 13.07% François Hollande PS-PES
United Kingdom 12.81% David Cameron Con-AECR
Italy 11.89% Matteo Renzi PD-PES
Spain 9.10% Mariano Rajoy PP-EPP
Poland 7.44% Beata Szydło PiS-EACR
Romania 3.87% Klaus Iohannis Ind.[note 1]-EPP
Netherlands 3.33% Mark Rutte VVD-ALDE
Belgium 2.21% Charles Michel MR-ALDE
Greece 2.12% Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA-PEL
Czech Republic 2.07% Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD-PES
Portugal 2.03% António Costa PS-PES
Sweden 1.93% Stefan Löfven S-PES
Hungary 1.93% Viktor Orbán Fidesz-EPP
Austria 1.71% Werner Faymann SPÖ-PES
Bulgaria 1.40% Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP
Denmark 1.12% Helle Thorning-Schmidt A-PES
Finland 1.08% Alexander Stubb Kok.-EPP
Slovakia 1.06% Robert Fico SMER-SD-PES
Ireland 0.91% Enda Kenny FG-EPP
Croatia 0.82% Zoran Milanović SDP-PES
Lithuania 0.57% Dalia Grybauskaitė Ind.
Slovenia 0.40% Miro Cerar SMC-ALDE
Latvia 0.39% Laimdota Straujuma V-EPP
Estonia 0.26% Taavi Rõivas RE-ALDE
Cyprus 0.17% Nicos Anastasiades DISY-EPP
Luxembourg 0.11% Xavier Bettel DP-ALDE
Malta 0.09% Joseph Muscat PL-EPP
  1. ^ Supported by PNL

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Date State Former Newer
Leader Party Leader Party
22 January Croatia Zoran Milanović SDP-PES Tihomir Orešković Ind.
11 February Latvia Laimdota Straujuma V-EPP Māris Kučinskis V-EPP
17 May Austria Werner Faymann SPÖ-PES Christian Kern SPÖ-PES
28 June Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt A-PES Lars Løkke Rasmussen V-ALDE
13 July United Kingdom David Cameron Con-AECR Theresa May Con-AECR
19 October Croatia Tihomir Orešković Ind. Andrej Plenković HDZ-EPP
23 November Estonia Taavi Rõivas RE-ALDE Jüri Ratas K-ALDE
12 December Italy Matteo Renzi PD-PES Paolo Gentiloni PD-PES

See also

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References

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