Shaken by the Fico assassination attempt, the EU wonders if June elections can be free of violence

Shaken by the Fico assassination attempt, the EU wonders if June elections can be free of violence BRUSSELS (AP) — In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June European Union elections was an assassination attempt on one of the bloc’s most controversial figures. As Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico lay recovering from Wednesday’s attack, the sheer violence of five shots targeted at a politician merely for doing his job immediately had a …