KIEV, March 12 – European politicians have written an open letter to UEFA President Michel Platini, in which they called on Platini not to allow the Ukrainian government to use the Euro 2012 European Football Championship as a huge PR campaign for its own purposes.

The letter is signed by Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Elmar Brok, MEP Viola von Cramon (Germany), Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Walburga Habsburg Douglas, President Eurasian Transition Group Michael Laubsch, MEP Charles Tannock, and OSCE representative Matteo Mecacci.