Japan jumpstarts G7: Britain expected to push Brexit agenda
- 8 years ago
After a trip to the Shinto religion’s holiest site Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opened the G7 (Group of Seven) summit with a working lunch.
PM Abe welcomed #G7 leaders to Ise Jingu at start of the Ise-Shima Summit https://t.co/nsFjIsOiib pic.twitter.com/Mck6t92p7f— G7 (@g7) May 26, 2016
The G7 partners are made up of the US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, although Commission President Jean Claude Junker is also there representing the European Union.
#NEWSGRAPHIC Here's your cheat sheet on G7 leaders @AFP pic.twitter.com/KUGcl5WtTo— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 26, 2016
But the countries that are not invited to the Japan gathering are high on the agenda, as euronews’ James Franey explained.
“It’s the first day of the G7 summit here in Japan and the leaders will spend most of talking about the global economy.
“They are part worried about the slow down in China which has enjoyed explosive growth over the past two decades.
“Japan will be trying t
PM Abe welcomed #G7 leaders to Ise Jingu at start of the Ise-Shima Summit https://t.co/nsFjIsOiib pic.twitter.com/Mck6t92p7f— G7 (@g7) May 26, 2016
The G7 partners are made up of the US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, although Commission President Jean Claude Junker is also there representing the European Union.
#NEWSGRAPHIC Here's your cheat sheet on G7 leaders @AFP pic.twitter.com/KUGcl5WtTo— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 26, 2016
But the countries that are not invited to the Japan gathering are high on the agenda, as euronews’ James Franey explained.
“It’s the first day of the G7 summit here in Japan and the leaders will spend most of talking about the global economy.
“They are part worried about the slow down in China which has enjoyed explosive growth over the past two decades.
“Japan will be trying t