Because the results of the G7 in Hiroshima are not trivial
The leaders of the 7 countries have, for the first time in several years, addressed all the issues on the agenda in a united and decisive manner and have taken clear positions. Chiara Oldani's point on the closure of the G7 in Japan
The Japanese-led G7 ended in Hiroshima with truly significant political results, if we look at the final document . The leaders of the 7 countries have, for the first time in several years, addressed all the issues on the agenda in a united and decisive manner and have taken clear positions. The leaders of the countries that have been invited to the meeting, India, Brazil and many others, are considered strategic allies, actively involved in solving complex problems. In addition to support for Ukraine, these also involve tensions between China and Taiwan, between Israel and Palestine, in Afghanistan, in Sudan and between Kosovo and Serbia; peacemaking, reconstruction and diplomacy.
The resources placed on the plate have a clear destination; $600 billion by 2027 to finance, together with private capital, the infrastructure of developing countries in order to reduce their gap with advanced countries. $100 billion annually from 2020 to 2025 in climate finance funds to meet the 2030 Agenda goals. Other funds to fight hunger and endemic diseases, such as malaria.
Such political cohesion between the 7 countries has not been observed for some time; pandemic aside, the American tensions created by the previous Republican presidency limited opportunities for coordination and progressively reduced the global political weight of the United States, which reached its lowest point with the abandonment of Afghanistan. Joe Biden, an experienced and skilful politician, has rebuilt a strong leadership in a short time; now he will have to go back to Washington to manage a monstrous public debt. French President Emmanuel Macron took advantage of the Japanese stage to relaunch an industrial plan that should reduce industrial dependence on China, an issue on which everyone agrees except, perhaps, the (outgoing) EU representatives. Japanese President Kishida showed off the many virtues, not just economic ones, of the leading country in Asia. While our first female prime minister was in all the world newspapers, the photos of the flooded Romagna diverted attention from her work. Giorgia Meloni had to leave the work before the end to return to Rome and take part in the extraordinary council of ministers.
The road to Puglia, the Southern Italian region hosting the 2024 G7, is open and the themes of the Italian Presidency will probably be in continuity with those of 2023. Geopolitical stabilization, the fight against climate change, strengthening the economy and diplomacy, to affirm the political leadership role of the 7 countries.
However, the choice of the period for the next meeting of G7 leaders, the second half of June 2024, is relevant since the European elections will have already been held, but the nomination of the representatives of the Union who will participate in the meeting will not yet take place. Italy, Germany and France have not hidden their perplexities about the stringent climate rules that the EU is implementing, which risk reducing dependence on fossil fuels to create that from Chinese batteries.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/perche-i-risultati-del-g7-a-hiroshima-non-sono-banali/ on Sun, 21 May 2023 07:28:28 +0000.