This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2016. 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 2016 22 January 28 June 19 October # # # # Party of European Socialists 10 35.79% 9 34.97% 8 33.85% 8 33.85% European People's Party 9 34.96% 9 34.96% 9 34.96% 10 35.78% Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 5 6.31% 5 6.31% 6 7.43% 6 7.43% Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 2 20.25% 2 20.25% 2 20.25% 2 20.25% Party of the European Left 1 2.12% 1 2.12% 1 2.12% 1 2.12% Independent 1 0.57% 2 1.39% 2 1.39% 1 0.57%

List of leaders (1 January 2016)

Member state Eurostat Leader Party Germany 16.11% Angela Merkel CDU-EPP France 13.07% François Hollande PS-PES United Kingdom 12.81% David Cameron Con-AECR Italy 11.89% Matteo Renzi PD-PES Spain 9.10% Mariano Rajoy PP-EPP Poland 7.44% Beata Szydło PiS-EACR Romania 3.87% Klaus Iohannis Ind.Supported by PNL-EPP Netherlands 3.33% Mark Rutte VVD-ALDE Belgium 2.21% Charles Michel MR-ALDE Greece 2.12% Alexis Tsipras SYRIZA-PEL Czech Republic 2.07% Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD-PES Portugal 2.03% António Costa PS-PES Sweden 1.93% Stefan Löfven S-PES Hungary 1.93% Viktor Orbán Fidesz-EPP Austria 1.71% Werner Faymann SPÖ-PES Bulgaria 1.40% Boyko Borisov GERB-EPP Denmark 1.12% Helle Thorning-Schmidt A-PES Finland 1.08% Alexander Stubb Kok.-EPP Slovakia 1.06% Robert Fico SMER-SD-PES Ireland 0.91% Enda Kenny FG-EPP Croatia 0.82% Zoran Milanović SDP-PES Lithuania 0.57% Dalia Grybauskaitė Ind. Slovenia 0.40% 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 0.09% Joseph Muscat PL-EPP

Changes Date State Former Newer Leader Party Leader Party 22 January Croatia Zoran Milanović SDP-PES Tihomir Orešković Ind. 11 February Latvia Laimdota Straujuma V-EPP Māris Kučinskis V-EPP 17 May Austria Werner Faymann SPÖ-PES Christian Kern SPÖ-PES 28 June Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt A-PES Lars Løkke Rasmussen V-ALDE 13 July United Kingdom David Cameron Con-AECR Theresa May Con-AECR 19 October Croatia Tihomir Orešković Ind. Andrej Plenković HDZ-EPP 23 November Estonia Taavi Rõivas RE-ALDE Jüri Ratas K-ALDE 12 December Italy Matteo Renzi PD-PES Paolo Gentiloni PD-PES

See also Presidency of the Council of the European Union

References

External links Council of the European Union (official website)