The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and returned to its previous name after Russia was expelled in 2014.
Leaders of the G8 on 18 June 2013, in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
G8 leaders confer during the 2009 summit in L'Aquila (Abruzzo, Italy).
The G8 leaders at the 36th summit in Huntsville, Ontario. Left to right: Cameron, Van Rompuy (European Council), Harper, Medvedev, Kan, Berlusconi, Obama, Barroso (European Commission), Merkel, Sarkozy.
20 July 2001, 27th G8 summit in Genoa, Italy: Protesters burn a police vehicle.
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)
Image: Prime Minister Trudeau's message on Christmas 2023 (0m 29s) (cropped)
