Suomen kuvalehti

Romania the presidents daughter

Elena Basescu, the youngest daughter of Romania’s President Traian Basescu, poses in a studio in Bucharest, Romania in Dec. 2005. Romanians are now riveted, some even revolted, by President Traian Basescu’s 28-year-old younger daughter’s decision to run for a seat in the European Parliament. Many cry nepotism, say she lacks political experience, stumbles in public speaking. They argue she is merely a colorful and cynical ploy to win votes for the Democratic Liberal Party that her father, popular President Train Basescu used to run.