{"id":17581,"date":"2021-06-09T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/?p=17581"},"modified":"2021-10-26T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T08:48:50","slug":"g7-summit-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/g7-summit-2021","title":{"rendered":"G7 Summit 2021\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g7uk.org\/\">47th G7 summit<\/a> is due to take place in Caris Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, this weekend (11<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 13<sup>th<\/sup> June 2021) and will comprise of attendees from the seven member states and representatives from the European Union. This year\u2019s agenda includes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The global response to the Covid-19 pandemic;<\/li>\n<li>Climate change;<\/li>\n<li>The global approach to pandemics in general;<\/li>\n<li>The equal, global distribution of vaccines;<\/li>\n<li>The design of a global early warning system;<\/li>\n<li>Global policies for future health emergencies and the reduction of trade barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Leaders from India, South Korea, South Africa and Australia have also been invited to attend by UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who has extended the invitations in hope of expanding the seven members to ten, creating the D10 (the World\u2019s leading ten democracies).<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/47th_G7_summit\">1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17582\" src=\"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-300x296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit.png 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Wikipedia 2021)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Summits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s summit is the first for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the 2020 summit to cancel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 45th summit held in Biarritz, France in 2019<\/strong> covered topics including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modernisation of international taxation;<\/li>\n<li>The joint desire to ensure Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons;<\/li>\n<li>Russian military intervention in the Ukraine;<\/li>\n<li>The 2019-20 Hong Kong protests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Protests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2019 Biarritz and surrounding areas saw thousands of protestors from movements such as<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">, <\/span>Yellow Vest (Gilets Jaunes), Basque separatists (ETA) and environmental activists descend on its streets. <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/24\/europe\/g7-protests-intl\/index.html\">3.<\/a> On the Saturday of the 2019 weekend, police had resorted to using water cannons and tear gas to disperse some of the crowds gathering on the outskirts of Biarritz and made sixty-eight arrests. Elsewhere in South West France non-violent group ANV-Cop21 removed portraits of French President Emmanuel Macron from town halls and marched with them upside down in protest of his conflicting domestic and international climate policies.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/aug\/25\/french-climate-activists-protest-while-macron-attends-g7-summit\">4.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last UK based meeting, the G8 (G8 and not G7 as Russia was in attendance) held in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland in 2013, saw a number of peaceful protests against<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">, <\/span>fracking, tax evasion and world hunger. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-northern-ireland-22943186\">5.<\/a> Russia attended as a member between 1998 and 2013, bringing the total number of member states to eight. Russia\u2019s participation was suspended in 2014, predominately due to their annexation of Crimea. This year they remain uninvited. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Group_of_Eight#:~:text=On%2024%20March%2C%202014%2C%20the,short%20of%20outright%20permanent%20expulsion.\">6.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This years\u2019 location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This years\u2019 location presents issues on two fronts with protests possible from both land and sea (Extinction Rebellion have previously held anti-pollution protests in Falmouth harbour). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/news\/19267342.falmouth-harbour-g7-exclusion-protest-zones-water\/\">7.<\/a> Having drafted in five thousand extra police officers from across the country, for this year\u2019s summit, Devon and Cornwall police are preparing for both peaceful and disruptive protests with four sites nominated as designated protest zones:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon;<\/li>\n<li>Flowerpot playing field, Exeter, Devon;<\/li>\n<li>Church Street carpark, Falmouth, Cornwall;<\/li>\n<li>Lemon Quay, Truro, Devon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Devon and Cornwall police will utilise these zones, together with exclusion zones around the events by air, land and sea; two-step identification to access restricted areas and continuous mobile security patrols to help mitigate security concerns around the G7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornwalllive.com\/news\/cornwall-news\/two-forms-id-needed-g7-5406777\">8.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More information is available regarding the local security measures <a href=\"https:\/\/g7.devon-cornwall.police.uk\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Map of St Ives, Caris Bay and restricted areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17583 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-2-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-2-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-2.png 743w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further information on Extinction Rebellion\u2019s \u2018Cornwall Rebellion\u2019 weekend of action, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1XWoxbH0KBx32kVN9mPMY46AoOkv3yyb1-orjzkUVyN4\/edit\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17584\" src=\"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-3-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-3-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/wilsonjames.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/g7-summit-3.png 569w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Devon and Cornwall protest schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7-10 June \u2013 \u2018Make the Wave\u2019 march, nationwide<\/p>\n<p>11th June \u2013 G7 Summit protest, St Ives<\/p>\n<p>11th June \u2013 G7 Climate Strike, Gyllyngvase beach, Falmouth<\/p>\n<p>12th June \u2013 \u2018G is for Greenwash\u2019 protest, Kimberley Park to Event Square, Falmouth<\/p>\n<p>13th June \u2013 G7 Summit protest, St Ives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">The 47th G7 summit is due to take place in Caris Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, this weekend (11th \u2013 13th June 2021) and will comprise of attendees from the seven member states and representatives from the European Union. 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