Parties in the European Council during 2011
.png)
The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2011.
This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2011. 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
| Party | 1 January 2011 | 9 March 2011 | 21 June 2011 | 22 June 2011 | 3 October 2011 | 11 November 2011 | 16 November 2011 | 6 December 2011 | 21 December 2011 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | |
| European People's Party | 13 | 190 | 14 | 204 | 15 | 216 | 16 | 223 | 16 | 223 | 16 | 223 | 15 | 194 | 14 | 182 | 15 | 209 |
| Party of European Socialists | 5 | 65 | 5 | 65 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 33 |
| Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 |
| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 5 | 38 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 |
| Independent | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 48 |
| Party of the European Left | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
List of leaders (1 January 2011)
^ Supported by PD-L ^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.
Changes
Affiliation
| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
| 9 March | Ireland | Enda Kenny | FG | EPP |
| 21 June | Portugal | Pedro Passos Coelho | PPD/PSD | EPP |
| 22 June | Finland | Jyrki Katainen | Kok. | EPP |
| 3 October | Denmark | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | A | PES |
| 11 November | Greece | Lucas Papademos | Independent | |
| 16 November | Italy | Mario Monti | Independent | |
| 6 December | Belgium | Elio Di Rupo | PS | PES |
| 21 December | Spain | Mariano Rajoy | PP | EPP |
See also
External links
- Council of the European Union (official website)
European Union Portal |
.svg.png){kind=small}
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.