 She withdrew from this office in 2003, and became a State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research, later serving as Head of the National Authority for the Youth.In her party, she became one of the leaders of the youth and women's wings, taking part in the International Union of Socialist Youth structures, and attending its Congress of 2004.In July 2018, she announced that she decided to leave PSD, continuing her mandate in the European Parliament as an independent MEP until February 2019 and then as a PRO Romania member, within the S&D Group.