Romania’s PNL and USR challenge Integrity Law before Constitutional Court

07 August 2026 Romania's National Liberal Party (PNL) and Save Romania Union (USR) have referred the recently adopted Integrity Law to the Constitutional Court (CCR), arguing that one of its key provisions violates the constitutional principle prohibiting the retroactive application of legislation, Ziarul Financiar reported. The law is a milestone under Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). If it is not enacted by August 31, Romania risks losing a EUR 771 million grant under the European Union's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The constitutional challenge focuses on an amendment adopted by Parliament at the initiative of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which provides that local elected officials previously found to have been in a conflict of interest would lose