This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2017. 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 2017 27 January 4 May 14 May 13 December 18 December # # # # # # European People's Party 10 35.78% 9 34.97% 10 35.78% 10 35.78% 10 35.78% 11 37.49% Party of European Socialists 8 33.83% 8 33.83% 8 33.83% 7 20.73% 6 18.66% 5 16.95% Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 6 7.46% 6 7.46% 6 7.46% 6 7.46% 7 9.53% 7 9.53% Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 2 20.28% 2 20.28% 2 20.28% 2 20.28% 2 20.28% 2 20.28% Party of the European Left 1 2.10% 1 2.10% 1 2.10% 1 2.10% 1 2.10% 1 2.10% Independent 1 0.56% 2 1.37% 1 0.56% 2 13.66% 2 13.66% 2 13.66%

List of leaders (1 January 2017)

Member state Eurostat Leader Party Germany 16.18% Angela Merkel CDU-EPP France 13.10% François Hollande PS-PES United Kingdom 12.86% Theresa May Con-AECR Italy 11.84% Paolo Gentiloni PD-PES Spain 9.09% Mariano Rajoy PP-EPP Poland 7.42% Beata Szydło PiS-EACR Romania 3.84% Klaus Iohannis Ind.Supported by PNL-EPP Netherlands 3.34% Mark Rutte VVD-ALDE Belgium 2.22% Charles Michel MR-ALDE Greece 2.10% Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA-PEL Czech Republic 2.07% Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD-PES Portugal 2.01% António Costa PS-PES Sweden 1.95% Stefan Löfven S-PES Hungary 1.91% Viktor Orbán Fidesz-EPP Austria 1.71% Christian Kern SPÖ-PES Bulgaria 1.39% Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP Denmark 1.12% Lars Løkke Rasmussen V-ALDE Finland 1.08% Alexander Stubb Kok.-EPP Slovakia 1.06% Robert Fico SMER-SD-PES Ireland 0.93% Enda Kenny FG-EPP Croatia 0.81% Andrej Plenković HDZ-EPP Lithuania 0.56% 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

Changes Date State Former Newer Leader Party Leader Party 27 January Bulgaria Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP Ognyan Gerdzhikov Ind. 4 May Bulgaria Ognyan Gerdzhikov Ind. Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP 14 May France François Hollande PS-PES Emmanuel Macron LREM-NI 14 June Ireland Enda Kenny FG-EPP Leo Varadkar FG-EPP 11 December Poland Beata Szydło PiS-EACR Mateusz Morawiecki PiS-EACR 13 December Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD-PES Andrej Babiš ANO-ALDE 18 December Austria Christian Kern SPÖ-PES Sebastian Kurz ÖVP-EPP

See also Presidency of the Council of the European Union

References

External links Council of the European Union (official website)