The G7 summit in Elmau is underway. The heads of state around Scholz, Macron and Biden will discuss, among other things, the war in Ukraine on Monday. The G7 summit ticker.

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Update June 27, 9:00 a.m.: Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has come out in favor of maintaining the G20 despite the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. “One thing is clear: the G20 must continue to play a role,” the SPD politician said in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin” on Monday. There is “the common conviction that we do not want to torpedo the G20”, added the Chancellor.

The G20 is a group of major economic powers which, in addition to the G7 states, also includes authoritarian countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Russia. The next summit is scheduled for November on the Indonesian island of Bali. When asked if he would sit down at a table next with Vladimir Putin, Scholz replied cautiously. “At the end of the day, we will have to make the decision shortly before departure, because the course of the world can change considerably by then,” said the 64-year-old.

However, the Chancellor pointed out that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy was also invited to the summit in November. European Commission President von der Leyen also rejected a boycott of the G20 summit on Sunday evening.

Zelenskyj demands “powerful air defense” from G7 participants

Update June 27, 8:00 a.m.: On the second day of the G7 summit in Elmau, the war in Ukraine is the most important topic on the agenda. In this context, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj will also be able to comment on current developments. The 44-year-old will take part in the fourth G7 heads of state working session via video link. On the night of Sunday to Monday, Zelenskyj reiterated his demands for new arms deliveries to the West.

“We need a powerful air defense – modern, fully effective,” the president said in his daily video address. Zelenskyy reiterated his position that any delay in arms deliveries to Ukraine is an invitation for Russia to strike more. The G7 countries together had so much potential “to stop Russian aggression against Ukraine and Europe”, the 44-year-old said.

At the same time as the start of the G7 summit, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was the target of a rocket attack for the first time in three weeks. The Russian armed forces can also achieve new successes in the east of the country. Besides the war in Ukraine, there are also the topics of health, energy and climate on the agenda for the second day of the summit.

Von der Leyen at the G7 summit: Putin “to say face to face what we think of him”

Update for June 26, 10:10 p.m.: As President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau. In the “heute journal” of the ZDF say it UDC-Politician on how to deal with Vladimir Putin, who kept Russian troops in the country for four months Ukraine lets rage. “It’s important to tell him to his face what we think of him and what we think of this type of action,” said von der Leyen, in view of the G20 meeting in November on the island. Indonesian from Bali.

However, according to her, it is too important a body, “also for developing countries, emerging countries” to let Putin “destroy” it. In the event of a direct confrontation, she would like the Kremlin boss to say: “So he too should take a stand.”

The basic motto of the evening in Elmau was: “It is a question of whether the democracies will prevail, or whether the aggressor who brutally attacked Ukraine will prevail. Because von der Leyen fears imitators: “Other autocrats around the world are watching very carefully whether it is still possible to move borders and invade countries with brute force, military power, or whether the democracies will rise up and use their own strength, and above all that is economic strength, to give an appropriate response and say: Stop, this far and no further.”

New guests, Zelenskyj and possible attacks from Putin: this is what the second day of the G7 will bring

First report of June 26:

Elmau/Garmisch-Partenkirchen – The first day of the G7 Summit in Elmau was marked by symbolic images and the announcement of a multi-billion package for developing countries. On the second day of Monday’s summit, the war in Ukraine is on G7 agenda.

Summit participants from Germany, France, Italy, Britain, the United States, Canada and Japan gathered in front of the Upper Bavarian Alps on Sunday. On the bench, where in 2015 Angela Merkel and Barack Obama provided familiar imagesthe G7 group smiled for the cameras after a “working dinner”.

G7 summit in Elmau: a multi-billion package as an alternative to China

Previously, Heads of State and Government had to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden announced a billion dollar package for developing countries. An investment program is intended to thwart China’s influence. The initiative, which was largely initiated by the United States, aims to “enable sustainable, high-quality infrastructure”.

In total, it is about 600 billion dollars (568 billion euros). The sum envisaged is not the payment of government aid. On the contrary, with the support of governments, mainly private capital should be mobilized. You are therefore dependent on the enthusiasm of private entrepreneurs. The aim is to make the poorest countries in Asia and Africa, which want to build ports, roads and bridges for their development, less dependent on Chinese investment.