(CNN) The voters in two of the world's largest democracies have spoken -- and their message is clear. Elections in India and the European Union in recent days have resulted in gains for politicians with strident nationalist messages. The general shift towards "populist" parties -- right-wing, anti-immigrant and anti-elite -- has been under way for several years. "Even in Scandinavia, long a bulwark of social democracy, the once-dominant center-left parties are in decline, and nationalist parties with nativist tendencies are growing," Galston noted. In seeking to capture an imagined greatness, Indian and European voters are reacting to societies struggling with economic disparity, inequality and issues of secularism.

Source: CNN May 27, 2019 05:03 UTC