Slovakia's Fico poised for win in boost to EU's anti-refugee east

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is poised to win this weekend's general election, following a campaign built on strident anti-refugee policies shared by other EU leaders like Poland's JarosA aw KaczyA ski and Hungarian Premier Viktor OrbA n. But polls suggest the leader of the Smer-Social Democracy party will lose his comfortable parliament majority Saturday after fundamental issues like health and education overshadowed his anti-refugee thrust in the final days of campaigning.