Romania’s High Court rules that Timișoara mayor Dominic Fritz is in a conflict of interest

The High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled on Thursday, June 18, that the mayor of Timișoara and president of reformist center-right Save Romania Union Party (USR), Dominic Fritz, is in a conflict of interest, upholding the initial ruling of the Timișoara Court of Appeal from February 10. The decision is final.

In a press release, the Court stated that Dominic Fritz “participated in the issuance of an administrative act through which, using the authority of his office, he granted benefits to his own creditor from whom he had received a loan to finance the electoral campaign for the local elections for the City Hall of Timișoara Municipality.”