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Polish, Ukrainian PMs promise perfect Euro 2012
WARSAW (AFP) - The Polish and Ukrainian prime ministers vowed Thursday to work together closely to deliver a 'perfect' European Championships in 2012.
"Together, we will do everything to organise these championships to perfection so that they bring our two countries satisfaction and glory," Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said at a joint press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovich.
Poland and its eastern neighbour Ukraine beat Italy and joint bidders Hungary and Croatia to win the right to host the quadrennial Euro 2012 tournament that will bring together Europe's 16 best footballing nations.
It will be the first time that either Poland or Ukraine have hosted a major football championship, and the two countries pledged immediately after the announcement was made by UEFA in Cardiff to do the necessary work to bring their infrastructure up to scratch.
"For the next few years, we will have the opportunity to show how two great, Slavic nations are able to work together," Kaczynski said at Thursday's press conference.
Yanukovich announced that a bilateral committee will be set up to coordinate Euro 2012 preparations and to ensure that the two countries are given all the financial help they will need to rise "to this great challenge."
"We will dig deep into our budgets and will open credit lines" with European and private funding bodies, Yanukovich said.
"We know people who love sport and football even more than money," he said.
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