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This article describes theparty affiliations of leaders of eachmember-state represented in theEuropean Council during the year2009. 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.
| Party | 1 January 2009 | 12 March 2009 | 14 April 2009 | 16 April 2009 | 8 May 2009 | 27 July 2009 | 6 October 2009 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | |
| European People's Party | 11 | 182 | 12 | 186 | 12 | 186 | 12 | 186 | 12 | 186 | 13 | 196 | 12 | 184 |
| Party of European Socialists | 8 | 111 | 8 | 111 | 7 | 99 | 7 | 99 | 7 | 99 | 6 | 89 | 7 | 101 |
| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 4 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 25 |
| Movement for European Reform[1] | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 31 |
| Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of the European Left | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Member-state | Votes | Leader | National party | European party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 29 | Angela Merkel | CDU | EPP |
| United Kingdom | 29 | Gordon Brown | Lab | PES |
| France | 29 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | EPP |
| Italy | 29 | Silvio Berlusconi | FI | EPP |
| Spain | 27 | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | PSOE | PES |
| Poland | 27 | Donald Tusk | PO | EPP |
| Romania | 14 | Traian Băsescu | Independent[1] | EPP |
| Netherlands | 13 | Jan Peter Balkenende | CDA | EPP |
| Greece | 12 | Kostas Karamanlis | ND | EPP |
| Czech Republic | 12 | Mirek Topolánek | ODS | MER |
| Belgium | 12 | Herman Van Rompuy | CD&V | EPP |
| Hungary | 12 | Ferenc Gyurcsány | MSZP | PES |
| Portugal | 12 | José Sócrates | PS | PES |
| Sweden | 10 | Fredrik Reinfeldt | M | EPP |
| Austria | 10 | Werner Faymann | SPÖ | PES |
| Bulgaria | 10 | Sergei Stanishev | BSP | PES |
| Slovakia | 7 | Robert Fico | SMER-SD | PES |
| Denmark | 7 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | V | ELDR |
| Finland | 7 | Matti Vanhanen | Kesk. | ELDR |
| Ireland | 7 | Brian Cowen | FF | AEN |
| Lithuania | 7 | Valdas Adamkus | Independent | |
| Latvia | 4 | Ivars Godmanis | LPP/LC | ELDR |
| Slovenia | 4 | Borut Pahor | SD | PES |
| Estonia | 4 | Andrus Ansip | RE | ELDR |
| Cyprus | 4 | Demetris Christofias | AKEL | PEL[2] |
| Luxembourg | 4 | Jean-Claude Juncker | CSV | EPP |
| Malta | 3 | Lawrence Gonzi | PN | EPP |
^ Supported byPD-L^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.
| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
| 12 March | Latvia | Valdis Dombrovskis | JL | EPP |
| 14 April | Hungary | Gordon Bajnai | Independent | |
| 16 April | Ireland[3] | 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 underBrian Cowen, left the AEN and became an ELDR member.
| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April | Denmark | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | V | ELDR |
| 12 July | Lithuania | Dalia Grybauskaitė | Independent | |
| 25 November | Belgium | Yves Leterme | CD&V | EPP |
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