Corina Cretu

The newly appointed European Commissioner for Regional Policies Corina Cretu has stated that she is ready to take responsibility for this portfolio, underscoring at the same time that regional development represents "the most important investment policy in Europe."

The row erupted as Romania, the last country to decide on its nomination for the next European Commission, sent Socialist MEP Corina Cretu on Thursday to be interviewed by the incoming commission chief, Jean-Claude Juncker.

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Ponta on Saturday refused to publicly announce the name of the female politician he is putting forward for an EU commissioner post, but media reports speculated that it could be Corina Cretu, the current vice-president of the European parliament.

The news came as a surprise because Bucharest last month nominated Ciolos for a second term as commissioner.

Social Democrat Party (PSD) senator Eugen Teodorovici has expressed, on Tuesday, his conviction that Daciana Sarbu, Mircea Diaconu and Corina Cretu will be good ambassadors for Romania in the new positions they have taken in the European Parliament.

Marcel Lazar Lehel, a cab driver by profession, was jailed on Friday after attracting global notoriety for hacking into the Bush family’s emails and revealing artwork by the former president, including self-portraits in the bath.

He also hacked the emails of Romanian MEP Corina Cretu, revealing her intimate messages to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) has handed out, on Thursday, the mandates proving their election as MEPs following the vote on May 25.

The PSD-UNPR-PC alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC) won 16 seats in the European Parliament in the May 25 European elections in Romania, spokesman for the Central Electoral Bureau Marian Muhulet announced on Thursday.

AGERPRES special correspondent Doroteea Purcarea reports: Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta told the European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Tuesday that the Romanian Socialists have 'done their duty' in Sunday's European elections.

'We've done our duty', Ponta, who heads the Social Democrat Party (PSD), told Schulz.

Upon exiting the polling booth on Sunday, MEP Corina Cretu said she voted for a strong Romania and a Europe that is closer to the citizens' needs.