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WARSAW, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Poland's government and its Football Association are close to settling a bitter dispute that is threatening the country's right to co-host Euro 2012, a mediator said on Monday.
"A certain consensus concerning the row over the football association (PZPN) was reached," Michal Kleiber told public television.
As part of a possible agreement, the association would agree to some of the government's demands, he said, but did not give further details.
Representatives of the Polish centre-right government and the Football Association were meeting to settle the row after soccer's world governing body FIFA threatened to suspend Poland from all soccer competitions.
Poland failed to reinstate the country's football association before Monday's 1000 GMT deadline set by FIFA,
Poland's arbitration tribunal suspended the PZPN board and named an administrator last Monday after Sports Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki filed a motion saying it had violated the law in a number of cases.
FIFA, whose rules forbid government interference, said Warsaw must reinstate the FA or risk being suspended from this month's two World Cup qualifying matches.
UEFA warned any suspension could lead to Poland being stripped of the right to co-host Euro 2012 alongside Ukraine.
A spokesman for the association said proposals for both sides were forwarded to FIFA.
