Government spokeswoman Sophie Primas said Macron made three key points about Le Pen’s sentencing after a Cabinet meeting. The French president said “justice is independent” and that threats against judges are “absolutely unacceptable.

President Emmanuel Macron of France and Brigitte Macron played hosts to King Frederik X of Denmark and Queen Mary of Denmark on Monday in Paris. France’s first couple greeted the Danish royals at the Élysée presidential palace for King Frederik and Queen Mary’s official visit, focusing on renewable energy, healthcare, defense and culture.

Denmark's King Frederik and Queen Mary, accompanied by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron, visited Notre-Dame Cathedral on the last day of their state visit to France Wednesday.

Marine Le Pen, the front-runner to replace French President Emmanuel Macron in 2027, was found guilty of embezzlement by a Paris court.

The judges who convicted the far-right would-be presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of embezzlement have received threats and are under protection.

A court found her guilty of fraud for the misuse of European Union funds, meaning the front-runner to replace Emmanuel Macron as French President has been deemed ineligible for public office.

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, 80, was sentenced last Thursday to five years in prison after an interview he gave to a French far-right media outlet. Macron has repeatedly called for Algeria to release Sansal,

PARIS − French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday and handed an immediate five-year ban from public office, a sentence that will bar her from running in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand.

In a speech, Macron outlined eight priorities for the UN Oceans Conference that will be hosted by France in June.

The French interior ministry said on Tuesday that it would propose a ban on Legion X, a fan group for second-tier football club Paris FC, due to it being involved with serious violence for years.

Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, 80, who was given five years in prison by an Algerian court. Numerous politicians denounced the ruling on Thursday, with former prime minister Gabriel Attal calling it arbitrary and a "parody of justice.