Poland PiS call to boycott Ukraine during Euro 2012 criticized

PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has called for boycotting matches of the Euro 2012 football championships held in Ukraine in protest over its treatment of Ukrainian ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko. PM Tusk and major political parties have, however, sharply criticised the call. Tusk said Kaczynski's call to boycott Ukrainian matches was a dismal start of the games. "It is in Poland's undisputed interest to hold the games in Poland and Ukraine without a hitch and to prevent politics from ruining the great effort" made when organising the games, Tusk argued.