An election in Slovakia on Saturday represents more than just a vote in a small Central European nation with less than six million people. It could also alter the contours of what has been a mostly united front in Europe against Russia's war in Ukraine.
Opinion polls show that the front-runner in the election Saturday is Direction Social Democracy, or SMER, a populist left-wing party headed by Robert Fico. Mr. Fico is a former prime minister who has opposed sanctions against Russia and has railed against NATO, of which Slovakia has been a member since 2004.
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