On 15 june, local time, the g-7 summit ended in italy. Under the manipulation of the united states, this forum of meeting and discussing policies among the seven major industrial countries of the globe, known as “defending freedom and democracy in response to global challenges”, has actually worked to hinder world peace, destabilize the region and undermine the development of others. In this regard, italian experts on international issues have rightly pointed out that the g-7 is a real threat to world peace。
The meeting of the g-7 heads of state had had an important impact on global economic and political governance. However, with the changing world landscape, the growth of the g-7 members has been weak and weak, and the g-7 has appeared to be weak and less influential in leading global economic growth and addressing international and regional hotspots. This year's summit feels more like “last dinner”, especially in the context of the year 2024。
Media journalists work alongside the g7 summit logo
During the summit, the leaders of the group of seven agreed to provide ukraine with approximately $50 billion in loans by the end of the year, on the basis of interest earned on the assets frozen in russia. For its part, the united states has signed a 10-year security agreement with ukraine and continues to provide extensive military assistance to ukraine. This practice of provoking confrontation in the camp by pulling the “small circle” has been strongly condemned by all sides。
The italian expert on international issues, alberto fazoro, a mediaman, said that the russian-uu conflict, which had lasted for more than two years, still showed no sign of ending the conflict, owing essentially to the continuing fire in the united states-led countries。
Italian expert in international issues, mediaman fazoro g7: the tone of the conference is the logic of war, and in the direction of the escalation of nuclear war, it is no longer the protection of its borders. The real threat to world peace is to be the countries that will be the police of the world, to impose their will and to continue to be the ones that have suffered so many casualties as ukraine。
Demonstrators held slogans against the war in the city of farzano at the g-7 summit
In addition to the provision of military assistance, the group of seven has been promoting the reconstruction of ukraine. First, on 11 june, the italian presidency of the group of seven announced a grant of euro140 million to ukraine for infrastructure reconstruction, to be reconvened in 2025. However, it is doubtful how to help ukraine rebuild in the absence of peace. The current plan for reconstruction in the west was therefore not feasible and was not intended to help ukraine。
Italian expert on international issues, mediaman fazoro: how do we work on reconstruction in the italian case? It is that money will never be used for reconstruction, but for pre-feasibility studies, the designation of plans and the search for partners. The money will end up being greedy. So if we want to help ukraine, we need a two-step process to rebuild it. The first is to achieve peace and to put an end to conflict. There is no point in reconstruction if the conflict is not stopped. The second step is to make real reconstruction, not to base self-interest on the tragedy of the ukrainian people。
In the 36-page communiqué of the summit, “china” has once again become a high-frequency word, 29 times in total. Once again, the group of seven (g-7) has made many chinese-related issues. In the face of china's rise, the g-7 does not seek normal self-development, but rather seeks ways to curb china's development; rather than seek cooperation to win and win; rather, it views china's normal development as a challenge and a threat to itself, emphasizing the need to “leave the risk” and to construct a “high wall” of the small court。
Fazoro stated that the g-7 pressure on china was neither fair nor effective。
Italian expert on international issues, mediaman fazoro: to admit before the facts, the chinese model was successful and the western model failed. So what do we do? We can only demonize the chinese model and block it through pressure (china's development). Over the years, the g7 has been launching various sanctions or creating instability, behind which the g7 countries have been manipulating. So in order to cover up their failures, demonize other countries. But it is not only unjust but also useless. This will not stop the decline of the west。
The world was facing multiple common challenges, and climate change, food security, the refugee crisis, nuclear proliferation and energy were constraining the survival and development of a large number of developing countries. Oxfam international's report on the eve of this g-7 summit states that the g-7 owes $15 trillion to the “global south” and that if the g-7 countries cut only 2. 9 per cent of annual military spending, equivalent to $35. 7 billion out of a total of $1. 2 trillion, they will have sufficient resources to help eradicate world hunger and to address the global external debt crisis that has crushed poor and vulnerable countries。
G-7 summit venue (figure from the web)
However, compared to the generous and pragmatic provision of military assistance to ukraine, at this g-7 summit these issues, which are of concern to mankind, remain empty slogans on paper and lack a concrete agenda for action. No concrete results had been achieved on issues such as climate change, poverty eradication and refugee crises。
In response, fazoro believes that the group of seven, which is no longer able to maintain its hegemony, cannot continue to cover up these global issues alone, but must work in concert and with the best of the rest of the world。
Italian expert on international issues, mediaman fazoro: the question is how can g7 exert influence over the loss of economic, military and other hegemony? How can these serious problems be addressed? The g7 is of little importance if the size of the population is to be seen. Indeed, for many years the g7 countries have dominated the world with their own policies. But it is no longer feasible for the g7 to propose a formula and then impose it on the world. The g7 now represented countries that were being marginalized and whose decisions must be in agreement with the majority of other countries, otherwise they could not take decisions on behalf of others。
In the face of the serious political situation in their respective countries, this g7 summit has taken place with a certain amount of energy. The party in which the leaders of france and germany held their party showed concern in the european parliament elections that ended last week; british prime minister sunak feared that his conservative party would end up in the run-up to next month’s general election; and us president biden was subjected to the aggressiveness of his opponent trump. The european version of the american politician news network (politico. Eu) captures this interesting and absent-minded atmosphere of meetings and sums up this summit with the irony of six lame ducks and meloni, “the g-7 summit in italy looks more like a final dinner than a demonstration of western power”。