Adina Valean became a Member of the European Parliament on 1 January 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union.

As an MEP, she was Rapporteur on the Connecting Europe Facility, a financing instrument which will fund €33.2 billion worth of investment to improve Europe's transport, energy and digital networks. Furthermore, as Rapporteur on the 2009 Roaming Regulation and Shadow on the subsequent dossiers, she kick-started the gradual plunge in roaming charges inside the EU, charges that will finally be eliminated in 2015.

She is a member of the Romanian National Liberal Party and was a Member of the Romanian Parliament from 2004 to 2006. Her activities focused on market and labour issues. She was also Secretary-General of the National Liberal Party's youth wing and Secretary of the National Liberal Party Committee on business, privatisation and competition policy.

Adina Valean has a Master's Degree in European Integration and Security Studies, postgraduate studies in National Security and Defence Management and a degree in mathematics. She started her professional career as a maths teacher in Bucharest. Before becoming a politician, she was a social activist, member of several foundations and associations promoting tolerance, dialogue and a liberal economic market.

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