Parties_in_the_European_Council_during_2009

Parties in the European Council during 2009

Parties in the European Council during 2009

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This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2009. 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 2009.

Summary

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List of leaders (1 January 2009)

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^ Supported by PD-L ^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

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Affiliation

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
12 March Latvia Valdis Dombrovskis JL EPP
14 April Hungary Gordon Bajnai Independent
16 April Ireland Brian Cowen FF ELDR
8 May Czech Republic Jan Fischer Independent
27 July Bulgaria Boyko Borisov GERB EPP
6 October Greece George Papandreou PA.SO.K. PES

^ – Fianna Fáil, which held office under Brian Cowen, left the AEN and became an ELDR member.

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National party changes

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    The Movement for European Reform never officially sought recognition as a European political party, and on 1 October 2009 the members instead founded an organization under the title Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists that did.
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