This article describes theparty affiliations of the leaders of eachmember-state represented in theEuropean Council during the year2005. The list below gives the political party that eachhead of government, orhead of state, belongs to at the national level, as well as theEuropean 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 ofQualified Majority Voting.

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

• Presidency of the Council of the European Union

• Council of the European Union (official website)

• Lists of parties in the European Council

• Use dmy dates from March 2022