Parties_in_the_European_Council_between_May_and_December_2004

Parties in the European Council between May and December 2004

Parties in the European Council between May and December 2004

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On 1 May 2004 ten new member states joined the European Union. This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council from 1 May until the end of 2004. The list below gives the political party that each head of government, or head of state, belonged to at the national level, as well as the European political alliance to which that national party belonged. 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.

The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 May 2004.

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a – Transitional QMV system with 124 total votes and a qualified majority of 88 (70.97%), in use until 1 November 2004.
b – Final EU-25 QMV system with 321 total votes and a qualified majority of 232 (72.27%).

List of leaders (1 May 2004)

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^ DIKO's MEP joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament, but the party is not formally attached to any pan-European organization.

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Affiliation

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
12 July Lithuania Valdas Adamkus Independent
2 December Latvia Aigars Kalvītis TP EPP
3 December Slovenia Janez Janša SDS EPP

Office-holder only

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
2 May Poland Marek Belka SLD PES
17 July Portugal Pedro Santana Lopes PPD/PSD EPP
4 August Czech Republic Stanislav Gross ČSSD PES
29 September Hungary Ferenc Gyurcsány MSZP PES

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