This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2012. 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 201210 February 20124 April 201215 May 201220 June 201210 July 201227 August 2012#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMV#QMVEuropean People's Party15202162061519914170151821416815182Independent348348348348236236236Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists241241241241241241241Party of European Socialists433329436565565565565European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party217217217217217331217Party of the European Left14141414141414
List of leaders (1 January 2012) Member-stateVotesLeaderNational partyEuropean partyGermany29Angela MerkelCDUEPPFrance29Nicolas SarkozyUMPEPPUnited Kingdom29David CameronConAECRItaly29Mario Monti IndependentSpain27Mariano RajoyPPEPPPoland27Donald TuskPOEPPRomania14Traian BăsescuIndependentEPPNetherlands13Mark RutteVVDELDRGreece12Lucas Papademos IndependentBelgium12Elio Di Rupo PS PESPortugal12Pedro Passos CoelhoPPD/PSDEPPCzech Republic12Petr NečasODSAECRHungary12Viktor OrbánFideszEPPSweden10Fredrik ReinfeldtMEPPAustria10Werner FaymannSPÖPESBulgaria10Boyko BorisovGERBEPPDenmark7Helle Thorning-SchmidtAPESSlovakia7Iveta RadičováSDKÚ–DSEPPFinland7Jyrki KatainenKok.EPPIreland7Enda KennyFGEPPLithuania7Dalia GrybauskaitėIndependentLatvia4Valdis DombrovskisVEPPSlovenia4Borut PahorSDPESEstonia4Andrus AnsipREELDRCyprus4Demetris ChristofiasAKELPELLuxembourg4Jean-Claude JunckerCSVEPPMalta3Lawrence GonziPNEPP
Supported by PD-L AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.
Changes
Affiliation DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party10 FebruarySloveniaJanez JanšaSDSEPP4 AprilSlovakiaRobert FicoSMER-SDPES15 MayFranceFrançois HollandePSPES20 JuneGreeceAntonis SamarasNDEPP10 JulyRomaniaCrin AntonescuPNLELDR27 AugustRomaniaTraian BăsescuIndependentEPP
The party's name was changed to Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) on 10 November 2012. Supported by PD-L
Office-holder only DateMember-stateLeaderNational partyEuropean party16 MayGreecePanagiotis PikrammenosIndependent
See also Presidency of the Council of the European Union
External links Council of the European Union (official website)