Government

Support from authorities for EURO 2012

Poland and Ukraine’s bid to host the UEFA EURO 2012 has the full and unconditional support of all the relevant National and Local authorities. The Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers of Sport, both in writing in the form of letters of guarantee and verbally during multiple bilateral meetings, have expressed their great enthusiasm for the opportunity to host this prestigious event.

In both countries high level working groups were formed consisting of representatives of all relevant Ministries, Departments and local government administrations, who are responsible for the preparation of the bid and the eventual organization and staging of UEFA EURO 2012.

On May 16, 2005 the President of Ukraine issued a Presidential Decree declaring the bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 a project of national interest and instructing all national and local administrative bodies in Ukraine to do everything necessary to support the bid and the eventual organization and staging of UEFA EURO 2012.

In his exposé in the Seym, the Prime Minister of Poland, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, expressed support for the joint bid of Poland and Ukraine to host UEFA EURO 2012 and announced earmarking of a special financial reserve for preparations for the event. He signed a resolution establishing the Polish Official Committee for the Organization of the European Football Championships.

Letters of guarantee from authorities:

The Political System of Poland

Poland is a parliamentary democracy, has two houses of parliament and a president. The Polish political system consists of state institutions, political parties, and the legislation in the form of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, statutory laws and the implementing acts and regulations.

Poland is governed by a mixed parliamentary and cabinet system. Power has traditionally been divided between the legislative authority (exercised by the Seym, Senate and, to a certain extent, the Constitutional Tribunal), the executive authority (the President, Prime Minister, and the Council of Ministers), and the judicial authority (an independent judicial system, with general, administrative, and military courts).

During general parliamentary elections all adult citizens vote for specific political parties. These parties then take seats in the Seym and Senate depending on the number of votes cast for them during the election.

The last parliamentary elections, held in September 2005, brought victory to Law and Justice party (PiS; a right-wing party), which established a minority government under the leadership of Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. The government enjoys support of: the League of Polish Families (LPR; a nationalist-conservative party), Self-Defense (a peasant party) and the Polish Peasant Party (PSL; a peasant party). Civic Platform (PO; a center-right party), which came second in the elections, is an opposition party.

After presidential elections held in Ocotber 2005, Lech Kaczyński, a candidate of Law and Justice, was elected as a new president of Poland. In the second round of elections he defeated Donald Tusk, a candidate of Civic Platform, by 8.08%. Lech Kaczyński replaced president Aleksander Kwaśniewski in the office.

Source: Poland-Ukraine bid to host UEFA EURO 2012 (Phase I).

The Political System of Ukraine

Ukraine is a Parliamentary democracy, with separate legislative, executive and judicial powers. It has a single-chamber Parliament. Ukraine’s Constitution was adopted in June 1996. The Constitution defines Ukraine as a sovereign and independent, democratic, social, legal and Unitarian state. It guarantees, among other things, the principles of political, economic and ideological diversity; human and civil rights and freedoms; freedom of the press; the inviolability of private property and the right to conduct entrepreneurial activity.