How the Hiroshima G7 kicked off
Themes, meetings and promises. Chiara Oldani's point on the G7 in Japan
The political summit between the leaders of Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States begins today in the city of Hiroshima in Japan. The veterans of the meeting are French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in their eighth G7. US President Joe Biden is in his third meeting, landlord Kishida is in his second meeting and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in his second. Meeting veterans have always made good use of G7 meetings, which increase visibility, bring acclaim and patriotism.
New entries to the G7 are the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni and that of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak. The presidents of the European Union, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen, both at their fourth and perhaps last meeting, participate by invitation at political meetings. Also invited are the heads of the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization ( WHO ).
Alongside the political meetings, meetings are planned with the leaders of India, Indonesia (from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Australia, South Korea, Vietnam and the Cook Islands (from the Pacific Islands Forum), as well as from the Comoros (from the African Union) and Brazil. The topics on the agenda are global security, strengthening the economy, the fight against climate change, energy, food security, global health policy and support for the development of poor countries. A very busy agenda that sees complex issues on which to converge in a short time.
The G7 is a long-dead political forum, accused of being useless. The leaders of the 7 countries are pressed by domestic issues and must show off their international power, bringing home results, promises and agreements.
The announced visit of Ukrainian President Zelensky should have the effect of convincing those countries that have not yet taken a clear position against the Russian invasion, but it could also have less pleasant effects for Ukraine.
Stay tuned
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/come-ha-preso-il-via-il-g7-di-hiroshima/ on Fri, 19 May 2023 08:59:40 +0000.