The 1st G6 summit took place on 15–17 November 1975, in Rambouillet, France. The venue for the summit meetings was the Château de Rambouillet near Paris.
Château de Rambouillet
President Gerald R. Ford and French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing walking outside of the Chateau de Rambouillet. 17 November 1975.
Photograph from the Salle des Marbres, Chateau de Rambouillet. Taken on 15 November 1975.
Image: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1975)
The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member". It is organized around shared values of pluralism, liberal democracy, and representative government. G7 members are the major IMF advanced economies.
G7 leaders during the emergency meeting about the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea in The Hague
First G6 summit at the Château de Rambouillet in November 1975
Flags of G7 members as seen on University Avenue, Toronto (September 2016)
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