The text reads: "For 140 years we have protected Slovak territory!", "(Viktor) Orbán's boat is sinking". This is one of my favourite SNS billboards of the 2012 campaign because of the cartoon Orbán next to the cartoonish Slota. The Hungarian economy is indeed on shaky ground at the moment and Orbán has led Hungary on a heavy-handed path of consolidation of power resulting in frosty relations with Brussels, but I'm not sure I can agree that Orbán's political boat is sinking. Fidesz are low in the opinion polls, but no other party (especially on the left) has appeared which could realistically challenge them, so the support Fidesz is losing is going into the undecided column or to the extremist Jobbik camp. If Jobbik succeeds in becoming a major political force in Hungary this would be far more dangerous for Slovakia than any moves made by Orbán.
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