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 Party1 January 201429 January 20141 March 20146 August 20143 October 201411 October 20141 November 20147 November 201421 November 2014#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#Pop.%#Pop.%#Pop.%European People's Party1216512165121651216511155111551145.53%1246.97%1246.97%Party of European Socialists885997101269116101269114934.33%934.33%934.33%Independent45234021132132132132.44% 21.00%10.59%Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists129129129129129129112.61%112.61%112.61%Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party32132132132132143345.89%45.89%56.30%

List of leaders (1 January 2014) Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean partyGermany29Angela MerkelCDUEPPFrance29François HollandePSPESUnited Kingdom29David CameronConAECRItaly29Enrico LettaPDIndependentSpain27Mariano RajoyPPEPPPoland27Donald TuskPOEPPRomania14Traian BăsescuIndependentEPPNetherlands13Mark RutteVVDALDE PartyGreece12Antonis SamarasNDEPPBelgium12Elio Di Rupo PS PESPortugal12Pedro Passos CoelhoPPD/PSDEPPCzech Republic12Jiří RusnokIndependentHungary12Viktor OrbánFideszEPPSweden10Fredrik ReinfeldtMEPPAustria10Werner FaymannSPÖPESBulgaria10Plamen OresharskiIndependentPESPES 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".Denmark7Helle Thorning-SchmidtAPESSlovakia7Robert FicoSMER-SDPESFinland7Jyrki KatainenKok.EPPIreland7Enda KennyFGEPPCroatia7Zoran MilanovićSDPPESLithuania7Dalia GrybauskaitėIndependentSlovenia4Alenka BratušekPSIndependentLatvia4Valdis DombrovskisVEPPEstonia4Andrus AnsipREALDE PartyCyprus4Nicos AnastasiadesDISYEPPLuxembourg4Xavier BettelDPALDE PartyMalta3Joseph MuscatPLPES

Supported by PD-L

Changes

Affiliation DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party29 JanuaryCzech RepublicBohuslav SobotkaČSSDPES1 MarchItalyMatteo RenziPDPES6 AugustBulgariaGeorgi BliznashkiIndependent3 OctoberSwedenStefan LöfvenSPES11 OctoberBelgiumCharles MichelMRALDE Party7 NovemberBulgariaBoyko BorisovGERBEPP21 NovemberSloveniaMiro CerarSMCALDE 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 DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party22 JanuaryLatviaLaimdota StraujumaVEPP22 FebruaryItalyMatteo RenziPDIndependent26 MarchEstoniaTaavi RõivasREALDE Party24 JuneFinlandAlexander StubbKok.EPP18 SeptemberSloveniaMiro CerarSMCIndependent22 SeptemberPolandEwa KopaczPOEPP22 SeptemberRomaniaKlaus IohannisIndependentEPP

Supported by PNL

See also Presidency of the Council of the European Union

References

External links Council of the European Union (official website)