This article describes theparty affiliations of leaders of eachmember state represented in the European Council during the year2017. 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 thequalified majority system.
| Party | 1 January 2017 | 27 January | 4 May | 14 May | 13 December | 18 December | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | ||
| European People's Party | 10 | 35.78% | 9 | 34.97% | 10 | 35.78% | 10 | 35.78% | 10 | 35.78% | 11 | 37.49% | |
| Party of European Socialists | 8 | 33.83% | 8 | 33.83% | 8 | 33.83% | 7 | 20.73% | 6 | 18.66% | 5 | 16.95% | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party | 6 | 7.46% | 6 | 7.46% | 6 | 7.46% | 6 | 7.46% | 7 | 9.53% | 7 | 9.53% | |
| Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists | 2 | 20.28% | 2 | 20.28% | 2 | 20.28% | 2 | 20.28% | 2 | 20.28% | 2 | 20.28% | |
| Party of the European Left | 1 | 2.10% | 1 | 2.10% | 1 | 2.10% | 1 | 2.10% | 1 | 2.10% | 1 | 2.10% | |
| Independent | 1 | 0.56% | 2 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.56% | 2 | 13.66% | 2 | 13.66% | 2 | 13.66% | |
| Member state | Pop.%[1] | Leader | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 16.18% | Angela Merkel | CDU-EPP | |
| France | 13.10% | François Hollande | PS-PES | |
| United Kingdom | 12.86% | Theresa May | Con-AECR | |
| Italy | 11.84% | Paolo Gentiloni | PD-PES | |
| Spain | 9.09% | Mariano Rajoy | PP-EPP | |
| Poland | 7.42% | Beata Szydło | PiS-EACR | |
| Romania | 3.84% | Klaus Iohannis | Ind.[note 1]-EPP | |
| Netherlands | 3.34% | Mark Rutte | VVD-ALDE | |
| Belgium | 2.22% | Charles Michel | MR-ALDE | |
| Greece | 2.10% | Alexis Tsipras | SYRIZA-PEL | |
| Czech Republic | 2.07% | Bohuslav Sobotka | ČSSD-PES | |
| Portugal | 2.01% | António Costa | PS-PES | |
| Sweden | 1.95% | Stefan Löfven | S-PES | |
| Hungary | 1.91% | Viktor Orbán | Fidesz-EPP | |
| Austria | 1.71% | Christian Kern | SPÖ-PES | |
| Bulgaria | 1.39% | Boyko Borisov | GERB-EPP | |
| Denmark | 1.12% | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | V-ALDE | |
| Finland | 1.08% | Alexander Stubb | Kok.-EPP | |
| Slovakia | 1.06% | Robert Fico | SMER-SD-PES | |
| Ireland | 0.93% | Enda Kenny | FG-EPP | |
| Croatia | 0.81% | Andrej Plenković | HDZ-EPP | |
| Lithuania | 0.56% | Dalia Grybauskaitė | Ind. | |
| Slovenia | 0.40% | Miro Cerar | SMC-ALDE | |
| Latvia | 0.38% | Māris Kučinskis | V-EPP | |
| Estonia | 0.26% | Jüri Ratas | K-ALDE | |
| Cyprus | 0.17% | Nicos Anastasiades | DISY-EPP | |
| Luxembourg | 0.12% | Xavier Bettel | DP-ALDE | |
| Malta | 0.09% | Joseph Muscat | PL-EPP | |
| Date | State | Former | Newer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | Party | Leader | Party | ||||
| 27 January | Bulgaria | Boyko Borisov | GERB-EPP | Ognyan Gerdzhikov | Ind. | ||
| 4 May | Bulgaria | Ognyan Gerdzhikov | Ind. | Boyko Borisov | GERB-EPP | ||
| 14 May | France | François Hollande | PS-PES | Emmanuel Macron | LREM-NI | ||
| 14 June | Ireland | Enda Kenny | FG-EPP | Leo Varadkar | FG-EPP | ||
| 11 December | Poland | Beata Szydło | PiS-EACR | Mateusz Morawiecki | PiS-EACR | ||
| 13 December | Czech Republic | Bohuslav Sobotka | ČSSD-PES | Andrej Babiš | ANO-ALDE | ||
| 18 December | Austria | Christian Kern | SPÖ-PES | Sebastian Kurz | ÖVP-EPP | ||
| |
