The chief of the European Union’s head office will not go to Ukraine during the European soccer championships in June unless there is a swift improvement in the human rights situation there.
Several other top officials in Europe joined EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Monday in piling the pressure on the leadership in Kiev in support of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Barroso announced he will follow the lead of EU’s Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding who also said she would skip the ceremonial Euro2012 opening on June 8.
The tournament, Europe’s most important soccer championship for national teams, is being co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine from June 8 until July 1.
For more: EU chief Barroso won’t go to Ukraine for the Euro 2012 championships over rights concerns - The Washington Post
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