The Swiss government has approved plans to call in additional police officers from Germany and France while it co-hosts Euro 2008 in June.

The Swiss defence ministry announced last weekend that the government would ask their neighbours to provide the equivalent of 5,250 working days, following a request from Switzerland's regional police directors.

The tournament, being co-hosted with Austria, lasts from June 7-29 and will involve roughly 228 foreign police officers being on duty.

The majority of the officers will come from Germany and will be used to help with security measures in Basel and Zurich.

French police will provide further support in French-speaking Geneva.

The defence ministry said that none of the group stage matches taking place in Switzerland had been classified as "high risk games".

It said though that the country's own police force would be "stretched" dealing with the high number of visitors expected at the tournament.

The additional policing will use up almost all of a SFr 10 million reserve fund set aside by the national government as part of its total SFr 82.5 million contribution.

European Union security adviser Otto Adang said last month that Switzerland's police preparations were generally "on track" following an inspection of the country's four host cities.

He warned though that particular attention had to be paid to the full integration of any foreign police officers and private security staff deployed at the tournament.

Austria is also planning to call on German police support for its matches.