France, July 28 -- Following a backlash over a controversial anti-corruption law in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron and his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky discussed their commitment to democratic principles and the independence of anti-corruption institutions.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky have once again underlined the importance of battling corruption through independent and fully empowered institutions, during a conversation on Sunday morning.

Zelensky sparked controversy earlier this week by swiftly enacting a law that effectively stripped two key anti-corruption bodies of their independence, placing them under the direct authority of the prosecutor general - a role answe...