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[[File:G-7 Economic Summit leaders at the Chateau Montebello in Ottawa.jpg|thumb|Leaders at the Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Quebec, Canada (from left to right: Gaston Thorn, Zenko Suzuki, Helmut Schmidt, Ronald Reagan, Pierre Trudeau, Francois Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, Giovanni Spadolini).]] |
[[File:G-7 Economic Summit leaders at the Chateau Montebello in Ottawa.jpg|thumb|Leaders at the Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Quebec, Canada (from left to right: Gaston Thorn, Zenko Suzuki, Helmut Schmidt, Ronald Reagan, Pierre Trudeau, Francois Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, Giovanni Spadolini).]] |
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The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name="reuters_what"/> |
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===Core G7 participants=== |
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* {{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]''' - [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Elliot Trudeau]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
* {{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]''' - [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Elliot Trudeau]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
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*{{flagicon|European Union}} '''[[European Commission]]''' - [[President of the European Commission|President]] [[Gaston Thorn]].<ref>[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)]]: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit (7)]; [[European Union]]: [http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php "EU and the G8"]</ref> |
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* {{flagicon|France}} '''[[France]]''' - [[President of France|President]] [[François Mitterrand]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
* {{flagicon|France}} '''[[France]]''' - [[President of France|President]] [[François Mitterrand]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
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* {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[West Germany]]''' - [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]] [[Helmut Schmidt]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
* {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[West Germany]]''' - [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor]] [[Helmut Schmidt]].<ref name="j-mofa1"/> |
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Revision as of 01:52, 29 May 2010
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 Château Montebello in the province of Quebec | |
| Host country | Canada |
| Dates | July 20-21 |
The 7th G7 Summit was called the Ottawa Summit, and was held in Montebello Quebec, Canada and nearby Ottawa between July 20 and 21, 1981. The venue for the summit meetings was the Château Montebello.[1]
The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976)[2] and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981).[3] The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's President Giscard d'Estaing and Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.[4]
Leaders at the Summit
The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.[3]
Core G7 participants
Canada - Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau.[1]
European Commission - President Gaston Thorn.[5]
France - President François Mitterrand.[1]
West Germany - Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.[1]
Italy - Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini.[1]
Japan - Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki.[1]
United Kingdom - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[1]
United States - President Ronald Reagan.[1]
Issues
The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): Summit Meetings in the Past.
- ^ Saunders, Doug. "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders," Globe and Mail (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the Group of Eight (G7) with the inclusion of Russia starting in 1997.
- ^ a b Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
- ^ a b Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan): Summit (7); European Union: "EU and the G8"
References
- Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. 10-ISBN 0-754-61185-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-754-61185-1; OCLC 43186692
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 0-415-16486-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-415-16486-3
External links
- No official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995 -- see the 21st G7 summit.
- University of Toronto: G8 Research Group, G8 Information Centre