Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parties in the European Council during 2019

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Parties in the European Council during 2019[edit]

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As far as I understand it, there are no "parties" in the European Council. The Council is composed of the heads of state or government: while these usually belong to a party, they represent their country or at least the ruling coalition of their country, and not the various fractions in the European Parliament, of which they aren't members. This page (and the other similar ones) mix two things together, giving the impression that European Council decisions are made based on European Parliament fractions and on the party the head of government belongs to, which is incorrect. Fram (talk) 12:17, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Europe. Fram (talk) 12:17, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:01, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Presumably the same rationale applies to all articles within this category as well? Category:Lists of parties in the European Council. Ajf773 (talk) 21:36, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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