Parties in the European Council during 2018
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
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)
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 |
- ^ Supported by PNL
Changes
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
References
- ^ Eurostat
External links
- Council of the European Union (official website)
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- List of meetings
- Parties represented
- Charles Michel, President (non-voting)
- Nehammer (AT)
- De Croo (BE)
- Glavchev (BG)
- Plenković (HR)
- Christodoulides (CY)
- Fiala (CZ)
- Frederiksen (DK)
- Kallas (EE)
- Orpo (FI)
- Macron (FR)
- Scholz (DE)
- Mitsotakis (GR)
- Orbán (HU)
- Harris (IE)
- Meloni (IT)
- Siliņa (LV)
- Nausėda (LT)
- Frieden (LU)
- Abela (MT)
- Schoof (NL)
- Tusk (PL)
- Montenegro (PT)
- Iohannis (RO)
- Fico (SK)
- Golob (SI)
- Sánchez (ES)
- Kristersson (SE)
- von der Leyen, President of the Commission (non-voting)
- Borrell (High Representative) (present non-member, non-voting)
- Metsola (President of the Parliament) (partially attending, non-member, non-voting)
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