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France’s Marine Le Pen charged over Islamic State tweets
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was charged on Thursday for posting on Twitter gruesome images of purported atrocities by Islamic State jihadists
1 min read1 Mar 2018Donald Trump steers right-wing summit CPAC on populist path blazed in Europe
The list of speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that opens Thursday includes two European nativists, Marion Marechal-Le Pen and Nigel Farage
4 min read22 Feb 2018How to combat populist demagogues
Centrist politicians who want to steal the demagogues' thunder have to tread a very narrow path
4 min read21 Nov 2017France’s Marine Le Pen ‘determined’ to revitalise far right
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose National Front (FN) party emerged weakened in French elections, has said she was 'determined' to revitalise her movement
1 min read9 Sep 2017Emmanuel Macron marches to clear majority in French parliamentary elections
French president Emmanuel Macron's party swept to a large majority in parliamentary elections, although it fell short of a predicted landslide
4 min read19 Jun 2017France’s Emmanuel Macron heads for crushing parliamentary majority
Projections showed Emmanuel Macron's REM party, and its ally MoDem, tipped to win between 400 and 445 seats in France's 577-member National Assembly
3 min read12 Jun 2017Well done, Macron—now we oppose you
The new president's policies will worsen France's deflationary, regressive cycle that is his rival Marine Le Pen's greatest ally
4 min read21 May 2017Emmanuel Macron will have to shed ‘elitist’ tag as president of France
With an elite education and background as an investment banker, new French president Emmanuel Macron will have to alter his image to represent the everyman
5 min read16 May 2017France’s young president has a youth problem
Emmanuel Macron's youth vote was disappointingly low for a figure who styled himself as a usurper and who will be France's youngest president ever
4 min read16 May 2017Don’t expect the next generation to save liberalism
Liberals worldwide seem to have concluded that Emmanuel Macron's victory is a sign that the populist wave has peaked. Such optimism is premature
4 min read15 May 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared