From 12 to 14 January, the European Commission is hosting a meeting ofthe Global Health Security Initiative (an informal network of G7 countries and organisations) in Brussels, with the aim of strengthening public health preparedness and addressing new global health risks. The meeting will discuss new and emerging health threats, as well as the group’s […]
Ukraine receives another EUR 1 billion from the EU’s G7 loan contribution
The European Commission has disbursed the eighth tranche of its exceptional macro-financial assistance loan to Ukraine, worth EUR 1 billion, further strengthening the EU’s role as Ukraine’s largest donor since the start of Russia’s war of aggression, with overall support of more than EUR 170 billion. 18.1 billion and represents the EU’s contribution under the […]
Commission welcomes G7 leaders’ agreement on Guiding Principles and a Code of Conduct on Artificial Intelligence
The Commission welcomes the agreementon 30th October by G7 leaders on International Guiding Principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers under the Hiroshima AI process. These principles and the voluntary Code of Conduct will complement, at international level, the legally binding rules that the EU co-legislators are currently finalising under the EU AI Act. President of […]
G7 leaders to meet in Hiroshima
G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué 1. We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), met in Hiroshima for our annual Summit on May 19-21, 2023, more united than ever in our determination to meet the global challenges of this moment and set the course for a better future. Our work is rooted in respect for […]
G7 Leaders’ Statement
We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), met on 12 December, to reflect on progress of our cooperation under Germany’s Presidency to jointly address global challenges at a time of severe geopolitical crisis and critical moment for the world economy. We were joined by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This year in the face […]
G7 leaders united in supporting Ukraine
G7 statement on Ukraine on October 11 We, the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), convened today with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Our meeting took place against the backdrop of the most recent missile attacks against civilian infrastructure and cities across Ukraine, leading to the death of innocent civilians. We condemn these attacks in […]
G7: Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the illegal annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory
President Putin’s efforts to incorporate Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions into the territory of the Russian Federation constitute a new low point in Russia’s blatant flouting of international law, and yet another example of Russia’s unacceptable violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty. We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, […]
G7 leaders‘ statement
We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), strongly condemn the sham referenda that Russia attempts to use to create a phony pretext for changing the status of Ukrainian sovereign territory, which is subject to an ongoing Russian aggression. These actions clearly breach the United Nations Charter and international law and go diametrically against […]
Statement on Russia’s war against Ukraine – G7 Foreign Ministers
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are steadfast in our solidarity with and our support for Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression, a war in which […]