In the article below, the topic of Parties in the European Council during 2016 will be discussed in detail and exhaustively. Parties in the European Council during 2016 is a topic that has generated great interest in different areas, and its relevance has been increasing in recent years. Throughout this article, various aspects related to Parties in the European Council during 2016 will be analyzed, from its origin and evolution to its implications in current society. A tour will be made of the different perspectives and approaches that have been proposed around Parties in the European Council during 2016, in order to offer a comprehensive and updated vision on this topic. In addition, the challenges that Parties in the European Council during 2016 currently poses will be examined, and possible strategies and solutions will be offered to address them effectively.
This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member state represented in the European Council during the year 2016. 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 qualified majority system.
Party | 1 January 2016 | 22 January | 28 June | 19 October | |||||
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# | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | # | Pop.% | ||
Party of European Socialists | 10 | 35.79% | 9 | 34.97% | 8 | 33.85% | 8 | 33.85% | |
European People's Party | 9 | 34.96% | 9 | 34.96% | 9 | 34.96% | 10 | 35.78% | |
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party | 5 | 6.31% | 5 | 6.31% | 6 | 7.43% | 6 | 7.43% | |
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists | 2 | 20.25% | 2 | 20.25% | 2 | 20.25% | 2 | 20.25% | |
Party of the European Left | 1 | 2.12% | 1 | 2.12% | 1 | 2.12% | 1 | 2.12% | |
Independent | 1 | 0.57% | 2 | 1.39% | 2 | 1.39% | 1 | 0.57% |
Date | State | Former | Newer | ||||
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Leader | Party | Leader | Party | ||||
22 January | Croatia | Zoran Milanović | SDP-PES | Tihomir Orešković | Ind. | ||
11 February | Latvia | Laimdota Straujuma | V-EPP | Māris Kučinskis | V-EPP | ||
17 May | Austria | Werner Faymann | SPÖ-PES | Christian Kern | SPÖ-PES | ||
28 June | Denmark | Helle Thorning-Schmidt | A-PES | Lars Løkke Rasmussen | V-ALDE | ||
13 July | United Kingdom | David Cameron | Con-AECR | Theresa May | Con-AECR | ||
19 October | Croatia | Tihomir Orešković | Ind. | Andrej Plenković | HDZ-EPP | ||
23 November | Estonia | Taavi Rõivas | RE-ALDE | Jüri Ratas | K-ALDE | ||
12 December | Italy | Matteo Renzi | PD-PES | Paolo Gentiloni | PD-PES |