G7 Summit: How Olaf Scholz is trying to unite the world

G7 Summit: How Olaf Scholz is trying to unite the world

On day two of the G7 summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj will be connected via video at Schloss Elmau. For Olaf Scholz, this is also an opportunity to demonstrate unity with the other heads of state and government.

A wonderful mountain panorama, birdsong – a picturesque backdrop in the mountains of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Sounds like vacation, but this is exactly where an intensive meeting of the heads of state and government from the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Japan is taking place. EU Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will also be there. At Schloss Elmau the summit – and in Munich several thousand people demonstrated against it. Around 18,000 police officers protect the conference venue so that the demonstrators do not get too close to the heads of government. Above all, 170 million euros will be spent on this, but if you only look at the costs, you will overlook the unique opportunity of this meeting, says the political scientist Albrecht von Lucke in the 304th edition of the podcast “important today”: “It depends very much that in the three days that now the

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other heads of state meet, also with important states such as Indonesia, which will soon have to prepare for the G20 summit, but also South Africa, India, some of which also tend towards Russia and China – that personal talks are taking place here and that is why the millions being spent, money well spent.”

The summit as an opportunity for Olaf Scholz

In addition, Chancellor Scholz could build up a certain standing, according to von Lucke, editor of the monthly magazine “Blätter für deutsche und Internationale Politik”: “The chancellor, who does not necessarily tend to be very open and empathetic, can of course do this in small circles in background discussions , to be completely different again. For Olaf Scholz in particular, this is a huge opportunity to present himself to those who don’t know him well and then to speak openly.”

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