Elections in EU and India tilt the world's largest democracies further towards populism | Analysis by jgriffiths
Elections in India and the European Union in recent days have resulted in some significant gains for politicians with strident nationalist messages. Anti-immigrant rhetoric abounds. The out-of-touch elites are savaged. The middle ground is crumbling.
As Anton Jager, an expert in political history at the University of Cambridge, wrote last year: "Historians and journalists have been quibbling over the exact meaning of the term populism -- and who should and shouldn't qualify as one -- for at least 60 years." .m-infographic--1558937779657 { background: url no-repeat 0 0 transparent; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-top: 257.
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