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G8
- For other uses, see G8 (disambiguation).
The Group of Eight (G8) is the coalition of eight of the world's leading industrialized nations: the United Kingdom, France, Germany (West Germany to 1991), Italy, Japan, and the United States, (the G6, 1975), Canada (the G7, 1976), and Russia (first known as the G7+1, 1998), as well as the European Union. The hallmark of the G8 is an annual economic and political summit of the heads of state with international officials, though there are numerous subsidiary meetings and policy research.
The G8 leaders as of September 30, 2004 were:
- Canada - Paul Martin
- France - Jacques Chirac
- Germany - Gerhard Schröder
- Italy - Silvio Berlusconi
- Japan - Junichiro Koizumi
- Russia - Vladimir Putin
- United Kingdom - Tony Blair
- United States - George W. Bush
- European Union - President of the European Council, President of the European Commission and President of the European Parliament
The annual summits are often the focus of anti-globalization movement protests.
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Past G7/G8 Summits
The location of the summit meetings rotate anually among member countries in the following order: France, United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada (the order in which each nation joined the group.)
Future G8 Summits
number | date | country | place | official website |
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31st | 2005, July 6-July 8 | United Kingdom | Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland | http://www.perthshireg8.com |
32nd | 2006 | Russia | ||
33rd | 2007 | Germany | ||
34th | 2008 | Japan | ||
35th | 2009 | Italy | ||
36th | 2010 | Canada |
Links to unofficial G8-related websites (alternative or protest)
- http://www.dissent.org.uk (2005 summit)
- http://www.tao.ca/~wrench/dist/g8/pga.html (2005 summit)
- http://www.g8alternatives.org.uk (2005 summit)
- http://www.perthshireg8.org.uk/ (2005 summit)
- http://g8resistance.org/ (2004 summit)
- http://www.nog8.org/ (2004 summit)
- http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/evian/ (2003 summit)
- http://g8.activist.ca/ (2002 summit)
See also
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Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Japan | Russia | UK | USA |