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).1.<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPrevious Summits<\/strong><\/p>\n
The 45th summit held in Biarritz, France in 2019<\/strong> covered topics including:<\/p>\n
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- Modernisation of international taxation;<\/li>\n
- The joint desire to ensure Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons;<\/li>\n
- Russian military intervention in the Ukraine;<\/li>\n
- The 2019-20 Hong Kong protests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Previous Protests<\/strong><\/p>\n
In 2019 Biarritz and surrounding areas saw thousands of protestors from movements such as, <\/span>Yellow Vest (Gilets Jaunes), Basque separatists (ETA) and environmental activists descend on its streets. 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.4.<\/a><\/p>\n
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>fracking, tax evasion and world hunger. 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. 6.<\/a><\/p>\n
This years\u2019 location<\/strong><\/p>\n
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). 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
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- Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon;<\/li>\n
- Flowerpot playing field, Exeter, Devon;<\/li>\n
- Church Street carpark, Falmouth, Cornwall;<\/li>\n
- Lemon Quay, Truro, Devon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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. 8.<\/a><\/p>\n
More information is available regarding the local security measures here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Map of St Ives, Caris Bay and restricted areas<\/strong><\/p>\n
For further information on Extinction Rebellion\u2019s \u2018Cornwall Rebellion\u2019 weekend of action, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Devon and Cornwall protest schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n
7-10 June \u2013 \u2018Make the Wave\u2019 march, nationwide<\/p>\n
11th June \u2013 G7 Summit protest, St Ives<\/p>\n
11th June \u2013 G7 Climate Strike, Gyllyngvase beach, Falmouth<\/p>\n
13th June \u2013 G7 Summit protest, St Ives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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