The mayor of Timișoara, Dominic Fritz, will run for the presidency of USR and will submit his application for Romanian citizenship.

Fritz has declared that he will not run in the presidential elections, but filing his candidacy file is crucial in the perspective of a possible candidacy. The battle for the leadership of USR is expected to be a close one, with party sources predicting a contest between Fritz and the mayor of Câmpulung Muscel, Elena Lasconi. The USR elections are particularly important, as the party recorded a poor result in the Europarliamentary elections.