Timișoara mayor Dominic Fritz gets six-month salary cut over conflict of interest ruling, sparking new political row

Timișoara mayor Dominic Fritz will remain in office but have his salary reduced by 10% for six months following a final court ruling that found him in an administrative conflict of interest, Timiș prefect Paul Finta announced on Tuesday, August 4. The sanction has sparked a new political dispute between USR and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), with Fritz accusing the Social Democrats of campaigning to remove him from office and PSD arguing that his mandate should have been terminated.

In June, Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice upheld a Timișoara Court of Appeal ruling that found Dominic Fritz in an administrative conflict of interest.