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.
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Summary Party1 January 20119 March 201121 June 201122 June 20113 October 201111 November 201116 November 20116 December 201121 December 2011#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMVEuropean People's Party131901420415216162231622316223151941418215209Party of European Socialists565565453453560448448560433Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists241241241241241241241241241European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party538431431324217217217217217Independent1717171717219348348348Party of the European Left141414141414141414
List of leaders (1 January 2011) Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean partyGermany29Angela MerkelCDUEPPFrance29Nicolas SarkozyUMPEPPUnited Kingdom29David CameronConservativeAECRItaly29Silvio BerlusconiPdLEPPSpain27José Luis Rodríguez ZapateroPSOEPESPoland27Donald TuskPOEPPRomania14Traian BăsescuIndependentEPPNetherlands13Mark RutteVVDELDRGreece12George PapandreouPA.SO.K.PESBelgium12Yves LetermeCD&VEPPPortugal12José SócratesPSPESCzech Republic12Petr NečasODSAECRHungary12Viktor OrbánFideszEPPSweden10Fredrik ReinfeldtMEPPAustria10Werner FaymannSPÖPESBulgaria10Boyko BorisovGERBEPPDenmark7Lars Løkke RasmussenVELDRSlovakia7Iveta RadičováSDKÚ–DSEPPFinland7Mari KiviniemiKesk.ELDRIreland7Brian CowenFFELDRLithuania7Dalia GrybauskaitėIndependentLatvia4Valdis DombrovskisJLEPPSlovenia4Borut PahorSDPESEstonia4Andrus AnsipREELDRCyprus4Demetris ChristofiasAKELPELLuxembourg4Jean-Claude JunckerCSVEPPMalta3Lawrence GonziPNEPP
Supported by PD-L AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.
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Affiliation DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party 9 MarchIrelandEnda KennyFGEPP 21 JunePortugalPedro Passos CoelhoPPD/PSDEPP 22 JuneFinlandJyrki KatainenKok.EPP 3 October Denmark Helle Thorning-SchmidtA PES 11 November Greece Lucas Papademos Independent 16 November Italy Mario Monti Independent 6 December Belgium Elio Di Rupo PS PES 21 DecemberSpainMariano RajoyPPEPP
See also Presidency of the Council of the European Union
External links Council of the European Union (official website)