This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2015. 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 2015 26 January 16 November 26 November # # # # European People's Party 12 46.58% 11 44.45% 10 36.97% 9 34.93% Party of European Socialists 9 33.79% 9 33.79% 9 33.79% 10 35.83% Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 5 6.33% 5 6.33% 5 6.33% 5 6.33% Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 1 12.74% 1 12.74% 2 20.22% 2 20.22% Party of the European Left 0 0.00% 1 2.13% 1 2.13% 1 2.13% Independent 1 0.57% 1 0.57% 1 0.57% 1 0.57%

List of leaders (1 January 2015)

Member state Eurostat Leader Party Germany 15.97% Angela Merkel CDU-EPP France 13.06% François Hollande PS-PES United Kingdom 12.74% David Cameron Con-AECR Italy 11.96% Matteo Renzi PD-PES Spain 9.14% Mariano Rajoy PP-EPP Poland 7.48% Ewa Kopacz PO-EPP Romania 3.91% Klaus Iohannis Ind.Supported by PNL-EPP Netherlands 3.33% Mark Rutte VVD-ALDE Belgium 2.22% Charles Michel MR-ALDE Greece 2.13% Antonis Samaras ND-EPP Czech Republic 2.07% Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD-PES Portugal 2.04% Pedro Passos Coelho PPD/PSD-EPP Hungary 1.94% Viktor Orbán Fidesz-EPP Sweden 1.92% Stefan Löfven S-PES Austria 1.69% Werner Faymann SPÖ-PES Bulgaria 1.42% Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP Denmark 1.11% Helle Thorning-Schmidt A-PES Finland 1.08% Alexander Stubb Kok.-EPP Slovakia 1.07% Robert Fico SMER-SD-PES Ireland 0.91% Enda Kenny FG-EPP Croatia 0.83% Zoran Milanović SDP-PES Lithuania 0.57% Dalia Grybauskaitė Ind. Slovenia 0.41% Miro Cerar SMC-ALDE Latvia 0.39% Laimdota Straujuma V-EPP Estonia 0.26% Taavi Rõivas RE-ALDE Cyprus 0.17% Nicos Anastasiades DISY-EPP Luxembourg 0.11% Xavier Bettel DP-ALDE Malta 0.08% Joseph Muscat PL-EPP

Changes Date State Former Newer Leader Party Leader Party 26 January Greece Antonis Samaras ND-EPP Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA-PEL 16 November Poland Ewa Kopacz PO-EPP Beata Szydło PiS-EACR 26 November Portugal Pedro Passos Coelho PSD-EPP António Costa PS-PES

See also Presidency of the Council of the European Union

References

External links Council of the European Union (official website)