Los Angeles Times
October 7, 2011
For a man accused of holding an entire continent hostage, Richard Sulik cuts a modest figure. With his shiny pate and geeky glasses, he looks more like a mild-mannered economist than a rough-and-tumble politician.
In fact, he's both. But it's as leader of the Freedom and Solidarity party in oft-overlooked Slovakia that Sulik finds himself in the unfamiliar glare of the international spotlight. He has the power, some say, to save Europe's economy or push it over the precipice, with serious consequences for the rest of the world.
The Slovak parliament is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a plan to beef up Europe's bailout fund for financially strapped nations such as Greece. Most experts agree that broadening the fund's powers is a crucial, if limited, step in taming the debt crisis that has had financial markets somersaulting and fed worries about a double-dip recession.
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