Overview
- The three-day G7 leaders’ meeting opened in Évian‑les‑Bains on Monday with President Emmanuel Macron hosting colleagues from the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada.
- The protests in nearby Geneva on Sunday drew widely different attendance claims, with police putting numbers near 20,000, organizers citing about 60,000 and one report giving roughly 7,000.
- Violent skirmishes broke out on Sunday when groups described as Black Bloc masked participants set a vehicle on fire and damaged bank and shop windows, and Swiss police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse attackers.
- French and Swiss authorities deployed large forces to secure the summit area, with Geneva mobilizing about 1,500 police and France sending more than 13,000 police and gendarmes while shops boarded windows and some border crossings were restricted.
- Delegations begin talks under high diplomatic uncertainty over a possible US–Iran agreement and with President Trump’s unpredictable posture seen as a key variable for cooperation on the Middle East, Ukraine, critical minerals and digital regulation.