The European Parliament’s transport committee has a new chair. Greek MEP Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi will be serving as its head for the next two and a half years.
Newly elected chair Vozemberg has been a long-time member of the European Parliament (EP), to which she was elected in 2014. Before that, she was a member of the Greek parliament between 2009 and 2012. In the EP, she is a member of the Christian Democrat coalition EPP as a representative of the Greek ruling party Nea Dimokratia, a right-wing liberal conservative party.
“Transport and tourism policies are at the core of the European project and a cornerstone of our way of living. I am sure that together we will be able to achieve great results for both our citizens and businesses”, Vozemberg commented on her election as chair.
Before her election as chair, Vozemberg served as a member of the transport committee between 2019 and 2024. Besides that, she does not have any other experience in the transport sector. She has also been the vice-chair of the women’s right committee and a member of the civil liberties committee.
Vozemberg will replace French MEP Karima Delli as the head of the transport committee. Delli occupied the position for five years as a representative of the European Greens.