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...

the European Union. The European Council is part of the executive of the European Union (EU), beside the European Commission. It is composed of the heads...

for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations (APPF). European political parties – mostly consisting of national member parties, and...

The European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party), formerly known as Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR) (2009–2016) and...

political parties from all the European economic area states (EEA) plus the United Kingdom. This includes major parties such as the Social Democratic Party of...

The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, liberal-conservative, and conservative member parties. A transnational...

meetings of the European Council (informally referred to as EU summits); the meetings of the European Council, an institution of the European Union (EU)...

decision-making body of the European Greens and consists of delegates of member parties. During Councils, delegates from European Greens parties set a common political...

members from other national political parties or independent politicians. In contrast to the European political parties, it is strictly forbidden for political...

The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European political movement and political party founded in 2016 by a group of Europeans, including...

The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council...

adopted the original European flag, designed for the Council of Europe in 1955, as well as the European anthem. No country has ever joined the EU without...

direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candidates for President of the Commission. The candidates, sometimes...

institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government. State governments must agree unanimously in the Council for the union to adopt some...

lists political parties in the Netherlands. The country has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance...

by the Election Commission of India. Registered parties are upgraded as recognised national parties or state parties by the ECI if they meet the relevant...

from the referendum" Brexit and the UN Security Council House of Commons Briefings: 2016 European Union Referendum Examples of leaflets used during the referendum...

Commission. The two major parties are the centre-right European People's Party and the centre-left Party of European Socialists. They form the two largest groups...

EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions...

elections in the history of the European Parliament given the rise of right-wing parties in polling. Since the last European-wide election, the right has...

of the political council from 2017 to 2021. The party holds seats in the Parliament of Georgia as a result of the 2016 parliamentary election, in which...

Reformists in Europe (2016–2019) or Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (2009–2016), but also includes MEPs from four other European parties and...

The procedures for voting in the Council of the European Union are described in the treaties of the European Union. The Council of the European Union...

during Vladimir Putin's first presidency (2000–2008), the number of parties quickly decreased. From 2008 to 2012 there were only seven parties in Russia...

The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is a European political party exclusively working on promoting Christian values. The party unites national...

the global economy and on the United Kingdom's 23 June 2016 vote to leave the European Union. 15–16 July (overnight) A group of military officers in Turkey...

The European Democrats were a loose association of conservative political parties in Europe. It was a political group in the European Parliament from...

pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership in the European Union...

communist party in Cyprus. AKEL is one of the two major parties in Cyprus, and it supports a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem...

rejected but eventually included in the European Union-negotiated political agreement signed by the parties on April 19, 2021. In Parliament, Girchi has often...