Platini hinted that the event can be moved if the country fails to meet the scheduled timetable. Scotland has offered many times to step in as a replacement host.

Next month, UEFA's executive committee will chose from six to eight host cities in the two countries, with the Frenchman telling reporters that “it will be impossible for Ukraine to lose the championship.”

“We have standards, which we're basing on other European Championships that we have organized, or that FIFA has organized through the World Cup. There are standards. These are very high standards that have always been linked to modern countries. Today I said, in my speech at the congress, this is a big hurdle for Poland and for Ukraine and UEFA to organize this European Championship in Poland and in Ukraine,” Michel Platini said.