Viola Petra Köpping (born 12 June 1958) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

After Köpping completed her Abitur at the Ernst Schneller extended high school in Grimma in 1977, she was appointed deputy mayor of the municipality of Großsteinberg [de].

In her speech on the Political Reformation Day on 31 October 2016, in Leipzig, which focused on the post-reunification period, Köpping stated that after the liquidation of the "desolate GDR industry", the Treuhand had left behind an "uprooted workforce" that was not allowed to grieve.

The "grassroots democratic moment of glory" of the round tables had been ignored and the "sting of humiliation in the flesh of many East Germans" was deep - not only among those who lost out.

In her 2018 book Integriert doch erst mal uns, she also argues along these lines and calls for repairing "whatever is possible", such as injustices in wages and pensions.

[3] The corresponding decree was withdrawn a short time later by Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer citing “people's concerns”.

[5] After the right-wing Alternative for Germany also distanced itself from the action, members of the party tried to demonstrate in front of Köpping's property on January 26, 2022.

Serious deficiencies in the area of support for associations for the promotion of integration and democracy were revealed and structures at risk of corruption were reported.

At the state party conference of the SPD Saxony on 25 November 2023, in Neukieritzsch, Köpping was officially elected as the top candidate with 97 percent of the delegates' votes.