Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2005

Parties in the European Council during 2005

Parties in the European Council during 2005

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This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2005. 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.

The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2005.

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List of leaders (1 January 2005)

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^ DIKO's MEP is a member of 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.

Changes during the year

Affiliation

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
25 March Portugal José Sócrates PS PES
4 April Estonia Andrus Ansip RE ELDR
31 October Poland Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz PiS AEN
22 November Germany Angela Merkel CDU EPP

Office-holder only

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
25 April Czech Republic Jiří Paroubek ČSSD PES

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