Slovakia coalition fighting for survival

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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, June 12 (AP): Slovakia's three party governing coalition is fighting for survival in a parliamentary election Saturday, challenged in a tight race by the center-right opposition.
Prime Minister Robert Fico's left-leaning party - which has promised to maintain the welfare state, in contrast to the budget-cutting being implemented in several other European countries - appears according to polls to be heading for the largest share of the vote.
And the chances of its junior coalition partner, the ultranationalist Slovak National Party of Jan Slota, were boosted by the recent escalation of tension in the traditionally difficult Slovak-Hungarian relations.