The Euro 2012 football championship is a belated spur to Poland’s bureaucracy. The story is even gloomier in Ukraine. The Ukrainian parliament has passed a law to make the country’s wobbly banks pay for building stadiums. By redesignating accommodation previously ruled substandard, the authorities have “created” hundreds of hotel rooms in Kiev. Despite lavish hospitality from Ukraine’s football-loving tycoons, UEFA is unhappy and may even cancel some matches planned in Lvov.
