8th G7 summit
| 8th G7 summit | |
|---|---|
 Palace of Versailles, the venue of the 8th G7 summit | |
| Host country | France |
| Dates | June 4–6, 1982 |
| Follows | 7th G7 summit |
| Precedes | 9th G7 summit |
The 8th G7 Summit was held in Versailles, France between June 4 to 6, 1982. The venue for the summit meetings was at the Palace of Versailles.[1]
The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West 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 West 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
These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:[5]
| Core G7 members Host nation and leader are indicated in bold text. | |||
| Member | Represented by | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Canada | Pierre Trudeau [1] | Prime Minister |
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France | François Mitterrand [1] | President |
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West Germany | Helmut Schmidt [1] | Chancellor |
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Italy | Giovanni Spadolini [1] | Prime Minister |
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Japan | Zenko Suzuki [1] | Prime Minister |
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United Kingdom | Margaret Thatcher [1] | Prime Minister |
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United States | Ronald Reagan [1] | President |
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European Commission | Gaston Thorn [6] | President |
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]
Gallery
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See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reuters: "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?", July 3, 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations, p. 205.
- ↑ Rieffel, Lex. "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV)," Brookings. March 27, 2009; "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site).
- ↑ MOFA: Summit (8); 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 0-7546-1185-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-7546-1185-1; 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; 13-ISBN 978-0-203-45085-7;10-ISBN 0-203-45085-X; OCLC 39013643
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