G7 leaders kick off their 48th summit in Bavaria today

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The heads of state and government of the world’s seven largest economies meet at Elmau Castle, at the foot of the Alps. The main topic will be the war in Ukraine and to reiterate his support for President Zelensky, who will participate electronically.

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The heads of state and government of the G7 start this Sunday a three-day summit that will take place at the castle of Elmau, at the foot of the Alps, in the Land Bavaria, Germanywith the war in Ukraine at the center of the debates.

Germany is between 26 and 28 June the top hostess For this reason, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will meet with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, in a bilateral meeting before the joint meeting begins.

Anyway, the war in Ukraine is central of said peak. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson influenced the matter this Saturday, reiterating his support for Ukraine “for as long as necessary” in a press release.

The chosen venue for this meeting is a luxury hotel in a rural setting, with the aim of avoiding the problems of the G20 summit in Hamburg in 2017, where serious disturbances and clashes were recorded. The area around Elmau, in turn, has some fences preventing access to possible protesters, in addition to a large police organisation, with approximately 18,000 officers

The Group of Seven is a forum with the largest economies: Germany, Canada, United States, France, Italy, Japan and United Kingdom The aim is to align the economic and security issues affecting the powers. Likewise, the summit has the telematic presence of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky

protests

On Saturday, the eve of the summit, some 4,000 people gathered this Saturday to protest against the G7 meeting to phase out the fossil fuelsthe protection of animal and plant diversity, social justice and action against hunger.

The protest was decaf as the organizers had attended about 20,000 people.

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Source: EITB

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