# Parties in the European Council between January and June 2013

Until 1 July 2013 the European Union will have twenty-seven members. On that date, Croatia is expected to join the Union, therefore forcing a change of the influence each member-state has, as well as its Qualified Majority Voting. This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2013. 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 national level 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.

## Summary

| Party | 1 January 2013 | 1 January 2013 | 28 February 2013 | 28 February 2013 | 11 March 2213 | 11 March 2213 | 13 March 2013 | 13 March 2013 | 20 March 2013 | 20 March 2013 | 29 May 2013 | 29 May 2013 |
| Party | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV | # | QMV |
| European People's Party | 15 | 182 | 16 | 186 | 15 | 183 | 14 | 173 | 13 | 169 | 13 | 169 |
| Party of European Socialists | 5 | 65 | 5 | 65 | 6 | 68 | 6 | 68 | 6 | 68 | 7 | 78 |
| Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 41 |
| Independent | 2 | 36 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 40 |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 17 |
| Party of the European Left | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## List of leaders (1 January 2013)

| Member-state | Votes | Leader | National party | European party |
| Germany | 29 | Angela Merkel | CDU | EPP |
| France | 29 | François Hollande | PS | PES |
| United Kingdom | 29 | David Cameron | Con | AECR |
| Italy | 29 | Mario Monti | SC | Independent |
| Spain | 27 | Mariano Rajoy | PP | EPP |
| Poland | 27 | Donald Tusk | PO | EPP |
| Romania | 14 | Traian Băsescu | Independent | EPP |
| Netherlands | 13 | Mark Rutte | VVD | ALDE Party |
| Greece | 12 | Antonis Samaras | ND | EPP |
| Belgium | 12 | Elio Di Rupo | PS | PES |
| Portugal | 12 | Pedro Passos Coelho | PPD/PSD | EPP |
| Czech Republic | 12 | Petr Nečas | ODS | AECR |
| Hungary | 12 | Viktor Orbán | Fidesz | EPP |
| Sweden | 10 | Fredrik Reinfeldt | M | EPP |
| Austria | 10 | Werner Faymann | SPÖ | PES |
| Bulgaria | 10 | Boyko Borisov | GERB | EPP |
| Denmark | 7 | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | A | PES |
| Slovakia | 7 | Robert Fico | SMER-SD | PES |
| Finland | 7 | Jyrki Katainen | Kok. | EPP |
| Ireland | 7 | Enda Kenny | FG | EPP |
| Lithuania | 7 | Dalia Grybauskaitė | Independent | Independent |
| Slovenia | 4 | Janez Janša | SDS | EPP |
| Latvia | 4 | Valdis Dombrovskis | V | EPP |
| Estonia | 4 | Andrus Ansip | RE | ALDE Party |
| Cyprus | 4 | Demetris Christofias | AKEL | PEL |
| Luxembourg | 4 | Jean-Claude Juncker | CSV | EPP |
| Malta | 3 | Lawrence Gonzi | PN | EPP |
^ Supported by PD-L ^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

## Changes
### Affiliation

| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
| 28 February | Cyprus | Nicos Anastasiades | DISY | EPP |
| 11 March | Malta | Joseph Muscat | PL | PES |
| 13 March | Bulgaria | Marin Raykov | Independent | Independent |
| 20 March | Slovenia | Alenka Bratušek | PS | Independent |
| 29 May | Bulgaria | Plamen Oresharski | Independent | PES |

### Office-holder only

| Date | Member-state | Leader | National party | European party |
| 28 April | Italy | Enrico Letta | PD | Independent |