Demonstrators take part in a rally of a "No-G7" coalition of over 60 associations, unions and left-wing groups "against fascism and imperialism”, a day ahead of the summit's start, in Geneva on June 14, 2026. The 2026 edition of the G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland, attended by country leaders as well as the EU's foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
Allies from the G7 group of leading powers will on Monday seek common ground with President Donald Trump at a summit in France, which gets underway hours after the US and Iran agreed a deal to end the Middle East war.
With Trump arriving in the Lake Geneva resort of Evian-les-Bains flush from celebrating his 80th birthday the day earlier, allies will want details on the deal and the planned reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.
But Iran will be far from the only explosive issue at the three-day meeting, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky due to attend from Tuesday, following the latest deadly Russian barrage on Ukraine that sparked a fire at a historic Kyiv cathedral.
Host President Emmanuel Macron wants to advance a packed agenda of sensitive topics ranging from limiting global economic imbalances to increasing control in the digital sphere, notably AI.
