Vula Tsetsi
Vula Tsetsi | |
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| Co-chair of the European Green Party | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2024 Serving with Ciarán Cuffe | |
| Preceded by | Mélanie Vogel and Thomas Waitz |
| Secretary General of the Greens–European Free Alliance | |
| In office 2004–2025 | |
| Succeeded by | Maria Giovanna Manieri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Athens, Greece |
| Political party | European Green Party |
| Spouse | Antony Beumer |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Università Iuav di Venezia |
Paraskevi “Vula” Tsetsi is a Greek urban and regional planner and political figure who has been Co-Chair of the European Green Party since December 2024.[1] From 2004-2024, she served as Secretary General of the Greens/European Free Alliance.
Background and personal life
[edit]Tsetsi was born in Athens, Greece. She is the mother to two children and is married to Antony Beumer.[2] She speaks Greek, English, French and Italian.
Education
[edit]Tsetsi studied Urban and Regional Planning at Università Iuav di Venezia, Venice, Italy.
Political career
[edit]She began her political career in 1989 as a political assistant to MEP Virginio Bettini, before working as regional affairs advisor for the Greens/EFA group.
From 2004 to 2024, Tsetsi served as Secretary General of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament.[3][4][5] She was re-elected to this role five times, becoming one of the Group’s longest-serving political and administrative figures. Tsetsi worked with Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni, Rebecca Harms, Ska Keller, Philippe Lamberts, Bas Eickhout and Terry Reintke.
In 2019, she joined the Executive Committee of the European Green Party,[6] focusing on strengthening ecological political movements in Southern and Central Europe.
In 2021, she helped bring the Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, into the European Green family.[7] She has also advocated for urban regeneration and protection from mass tourism in Venice.[8]
In 2024, she ran as a candidate for Co-Chair of the European Greens, nominated by déi gréng. She was elected alongside Ciarán Cuffe, receiving near unanimous support from European Green parties. The duo ran on a platform of “taking on the extreme right, and to bolster a green and just transition that benefits everyone.”[9]
Stances and political views
[edit]Tsetsi is a vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, rule of law and democracy. She attended Budapest Pride in June 2025, on the side of Green Mayor Gergely Karácsony,[10] despite the ban from the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.[11]
Vula Tsetsi has called for a coherent European foreign policy, and criticised double standards in EU approaches to Ukraine and Gaza.[12]
In 2025, she became the political godparent to Belarusian political prisoner Dmitry Kuchuk, the former chair of the Belarusian Green Party.[13]
She has criticised US President Donald Trump’s comments on Greenland.[14]
She has also criticised the European People’s Party for its rhetoric on the Green Deal and for its collaboration with far-right groups in the European Parliament.[15]
Publications
[edit]- 2013: Co-coordination of Green Transports in Cities: Policies for a Sustainable Mobility in Urban Centers. A European Overview. Papassotiriou Editions.[16]
- 2003: Co-coordination of A Future for Athens: In Search of Urban Policies for the Reorganisation of the Greater Conurbation of the Hellenic Capital. Papazissis Publications.
- 1994: La città sostenibile: analisi, scenari e proposte per un'ecologia urbana in Europa. Franco Angeli.[17]
- 1993: Ambiente e sviluppo sostenibile: il caso Sardegna. CUEC.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vula Tsetsi and Ciarán Cuffe elected as the new co-chairs of European Green Party". www.europeangreens.eu. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ^ "Brussels power couples 2024". Politico Europe. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Greens/EFA – Secretariat". Greens/EFA. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012.
- ^ "Vula Tsetsi re-elected Secretary General of Greens/EFA". 1 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Movers and Shakers". The Parliament. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "The European Green Party elects new leadership and executive committee". European Greens. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Mayor of Milan joins the European Greens". Repubblica (in Italian). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Vula, la leader dei verdi europei. «A Venezia porto off shore per le grandi navi»". La Nuova di Venezi e Mestre (in Italian). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Vula Tsetsi and Ciarán Cuffe elected as the new co-chairs of European Green Party". European Greens. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Gergely Karácsony Becomes a Symbol of Hungarian Resistance". Europe Says. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Over 200 Greens join Budapest Pride in defiance of Orbán's authoritarianism". European Greens. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ ""La Unión Europea no puede cerrar los ojos ante lo que está ocurriendo en Gaza": copresidenta del Partido Verde Europeo". El Orden Mundial (in Spanish). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Four new godparenthoods for political prisoners in Belarus". VIASNA. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "European Green Party: Trump's threat to Greenland, a territory part of Denmark, is madness". Modern Diplomacy. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "The show must go on (Brussels Playblook)". Politico Europe. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Tsetsi, Vula; Tsetsis, Stavros (2013). Green Transports in Cities: Policies for Sustainable Mobility in Urban Centers. Papassotiriou Editions.
- ^ Alberti, Marina; Solera, Gianluca; Tsetsi, Vula (1994). La città sostenibile. Franco Angeli.
- ^ Tsetsi, Vula; Cirronis, Ignazio (1993). Ambiente e sviluppo sostenibile: il caso Sardegna. CUEC Editrice.
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