On 1 July 2013, Croatia became the 28th member state of the European Union. This resulted in change of the influence each member state has, as well as its Qualified Majority Voting. This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2013. 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 July 201310 July 20134 December 2013#QMV#QMV#QMVEuropean People's Party131691316912165Party of European Socialists885885885Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists241129129Independent340452452Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party217217321
List of leaders (1 July 2013) Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean partyGermany29Angela MerkelCDUEPPFrance29François HollandePSPESUnited Kingdom29David CameronConAECRItaly29Enrico LettaPDIndependentSpain27Mariano RajoyPPEPPPoland27Donald TuskPOEPPRomania14Traian BăsescuIndependentEPPNetherlands13Mark RutteVVDALDE PartyGreece12Antonis SamarasNDEPPBelgium12Elio Di Rupo PS PESPortugal12Pedro Passos CoelhoPPD/PSDEPPCzech Republic12Petr NečasODSAECRHungary12Viktor 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 AnastasiadesDISYEPPLuxembourg4Jean-Claude JunckerCSVEPPMalta3Joseph MuscatPLPES
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Affiliation DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party10 JulyCzech RepublicJiří RusnokIndependent4 DecemberLuxembourgXavier BettelDPALDE Party
Office-holder only DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party
See also Presidency of the Council of the European Union
References
External links Council of the European Union (official website)