Fico enters the jungle

摘要

The battered European left has a new champion. In Slovakia's election on March 10 th Robert Fico's social-democratic party, Smer (Direction), won 83 of the 150 seats. It is the first time a party has won a majority in Slovakia's post-communist history. Speaking in his office, Mr Fico points proudly to an electric guitar signed by Guns N' Roses, an American rock band. Their track "Welcome to the Jungle" is a fitting description of the task that faces the new prime minister.