EC reportedly requires Romania to provide clarifications on Integrity Agency Law

03 September 2026 The European Commission has required Romania to provide clarifications regarding the so-called "Fritz amendment" in the new Integrity Agency Law, which leaves the mayor of Timișoara without a mandate. Specifically, the Commission seeks to understand how the law can be applied retroactively without being retroactive in itself, according to G4media.ro and Digi24. According to information from Digi24, European Commission officials want to know whether these changes continue to preserve legal certainty, comply with European law and respect the principle of proportionality, as well as whether the law is being applied retroactively. In recent weeks, there have been heated debates in Romanian society between the government and the opposition, as well as between those who amended