Elena Băsescu, sometimes referred to as EBA, (born 24 April 1980 in Constanța) is a

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n politician, the former secretary general of the youth wing of Romania's Democratic Liberal Party, and a

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between 2009 and 2014. She is the youngest daughter of

Traian Băsescu Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a conservative Romanian politician who served as President of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian Minister of Transport on multiple occasions between 1991 ...

, the former

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. She was formerly a model, and entered politics in 2007. She has a degree in economics.

Political career

Before standing for elections on her own, she was an intern of the MEP

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.Romanian President's daughter Elena Basescu becomes intern at the European Parliament
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in the 2009 election. She had sought to stand as a candidate for her father's Democratic Liberal Party, but was rejected by the party, in particular by intellectuals like

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, so she ran as an

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. Nonetheless, she "wasted no time in gathering 200,000 signatures for her candidacy". '' L'Express'' noted that her candidacy still caused some concern in the party, due to fears that she might draw votes away from it. Her initial popularity in opinion polls was high (16%), but subsequently dropped to 5 or 6% shortly before the election. However 75% of the electorate did not vote in sign of protest, this being the lowest turnout in Romanian history for an election, and the percentage that voted for her was from a minority composed of the members of the party that was once ruled by her father

, the President of Romania at the time. During the campaign she caused some controversy after declaring herself in favor of legalizing marijuana use. Prior to her election journalists discovered that some members of the Democratic Liberal Party were instructed to vote for her in order to secure her election. She immediately rejoined the Democratic Liberal Party after she was elected to the European Parliament, and subsequently is also a member of the European People's Party. Due to Elena's support for marijuana legalization and allegations of nepotism, Hungarian MEP

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questioned her entry into the EPP group in an email sent to all EPP members.

Cultural and political image

Oana Lungescu, a Romanian

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Political career

Cultural and political image

European elections

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