G7

The Group of Seven, or G7, is an intergovernmental political and economic forum. Its members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, and the European Union attends as a non-enumerated member. It has no treaty basis and no permanent secretariat.

The group began in 1973 as an informal gathering of finance ministers. The first leaders’ summit, at Rambouillet in France in November 1975, was attended by six countries and called the G6, and Canada joined in 1976 at the summit in Puerto Rico. Russia was a member of the G8 from 1998 until it was suspended in 2014 over the annexation of Crimea.

The presidency rotates annually among members, and the presiding state sets priorities and hosts the summit. France holds the presidency for 2026, with the summit listed for 15 to 17 June 2026 at Evian-les-Bains. The G7 countries account for about 10 per cent of the world population and about 44 per cent of world nominal GDP, according to Wikipedia.

In a report published on 9 November 2026, G7 foreign ministers met in Paris with Ukraine talks and the Iran conflict expected to dominate the agenda.

Sources: Wikipedia