Romania has a new prime minister-designate: MEP Siegfried Mureșan (PNL) has the unenviable task to pull the country out of the four-month political stalemate. Meanwhile, a Fitch analyst warned that Romania could face junk status and sheep farmer protests in Bucharest turned violent. On the upside: Romania’s energy transition strategy is shaping up.

Read further in Romanian Dispatch #57 (20 September 2026).