Paraskevi âÂÂVulaâ Tsetsi is a Greek political figure and urban and regional planner and who has been Co-Chair of the European Green Party since December 2024. From 2004-2024, she served as Secretary General of the Greens/European Free Alliance.
Tsetsi was born in Athens, Greece. She is the mother to two children and is married to Antony Beumer. She speaks Greek, English, French and Italian.
Tsetsi studied Urban and Regional Planning at UniversitÃÂ Iuav di Venezia, Venice, Italy.
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. She was re-elected to this role five times, becoming one of the GroupâÂÂs 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, 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. She has also advocated for urban regeneration and protection from mass tourism in Venice.
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 âÂÂtaking on the extreme right, and to bolster a green and just transition that benefits everyone.âÂÂ
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, despite the ban from the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.. When, on 27 January 2026, the public prosecutor recommended charging Gergely Karacsony with a fine for infringing on the ban of Budapest Pride, Vula Tsetsi defended Karácsony, saying he âÂÂdid exactly what any democratic leader should: he protected the rights, dignity, and safety of his citizens.âÂÂ
Vula Tsetsi has called for a coherent European foreign policy, and criticised double standards in EU approaches to Ukraine and Gaza. She has called for stronger action from the European Union in response to the Gaza genocide.
In 2025, she became the political godparent to Belarusian political prisoner Dmitry Kuchuk, the former chair of the Belarusian Green Party.
She has criticised US President Donald TrumpâÂÂs comments on Greenland.
She has also criticised the European PeopleâÂÂs Party for its rhetoric on the Green Deal and for its collaboration with far-right groups in the European Parliament.
On Friday, 5th September 2025, Tsetsi travelled to Belgrade and Novi Sad, Serbia with Danish MEP Rasmus Nordqvist. The trip was planned as part of the European Greens' continued support for the ongoing student protests in the country, on the invitation of EGP member party GreenâÂÂLeft Front. After Tsetsi and Nordqvist attended protests at the University of Novi Sad, Serbian President Aleksandar VuÃÂiàdenounced the pair in a television address calling them âÂÂscum from the European Green Party ... that came to support the violence in Novi Sad" and that âÂÂI have to tell them that they will be prosecuted in line with the laws of Serbia.â Tsetsi and the European Greens denounced the comments, claiming that the leader had "crossed every line of democratic discourse" and stating that they would "not bow down to threats', reiterating their support for the students and for democracy in Serbia.