6th G7 summit
1980 international leader meeting in Italy
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| summit_name | 6th G7 summit |
| image | 0 Venise, l'Île San Giorgio Maggiore et la basilique San Giorgio Maggiore (3).JPG |
| caption | San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice |
| country | Italy |
| dates | 22–23 June 1980 |
| follows | 5th G7 summit |
| precedes | 7th G7 summit |
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| summit_name = 6th G7 summit | image = 0 Venise, l'Île San Giorgio Maggiore et la basilique San Giorgio Maggiore (3).JPG | caption = San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice | country = Italy | dates = 22–23 June 1980 | follows = 5th G7 summit | precedes = 7th G7 summit
The 6th G7 Summit was held at Venice, Italy between 22 and 23 June 1980. The venue for the summit meetings was the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the Venetian lagoon.
The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976), and the president of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981). The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.
Leaders at the summit
The G7 is an unofficial annual forum for the leaders of Canada, the European Commission, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ōhira suffered a fatal heart attack on 12 June, only days before the summit; and his colleague, Foreign Minister Saburō Ōkita, led the delegation which represented Japan in his place. Others joining Ōkita in Venice were Finance Minister Noboru Takeshita and the Minister of International Trade and Industry Yoshitake Sasaki who attended the foreign minister's meeting in Ōkita's place.
The 6th G7 summit was the last summit for French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and US president Jimmy Carter. It was also the first and only summit for Italian prime minister Francesco Cossiga.
Participants
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These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:
Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira had died from a heart attack just days before, and the acting PM was unable to attend.
The format order of this section mirrors the order of the Muskoka 2010 G8 official website -- see http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/
This format order is also congruent with "Summit Meetings of the Past" at website of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- see http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- United Kingdom
- USA
- European Union
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Issues
The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions.
Gallery of participating leaders
Core G7 participants
File:Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau 1975 (UPI press photo) (cropped).jpg|Canada Canada Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister File:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1975).jpg|France France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President File:Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt.jpg|Germany Germany Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor File:Francesco Cossiga 1979.jpg|Italy Italy Francesco Cossiga, Prime Minister (Host) File:Saburo Okita at 6th G7 summit.jpg|Japan Japan Saburō Ōkita, Minister for Foreign Affairs File:Margaret Thatcher (1983).jpg|United Kingdom United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister File:Carter cropped.jpg|United States United States Jimmy Carter, President File:Roy Jenkins 1977 (cropped).jpg|EU European Union Roy Jenkins, Commission President
Notes
References
- Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. ; OCLC 43186692
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. ; ; OCLC 39013643
References
- Japan, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] ([[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). MOFA]]): [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit Meetings in the Past.]
- Saunders, Doug. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders,"] {{webarchive. link. (2008-10-11 ''Globe and Mail'' (Toronto). July 5, 2008 -- n.b., the G7 becomes the [[G8). Group of Eight]] ([[G8#History. G7]]) with the inclusion of [[Russia]] starting in 1997.
- Reuters: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023185037/http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKB26280520080703?sp=true "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?"], July 3, 2008.
- Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC&dq=G7+summit&pg=PA205 ''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations,'' p. 205.]
- Stokes, Henry Scott. [https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/12/archives/japans-prime-minister-ohira-dies-at-70-as-a-critical-election-nears.html?sq=Masayoshi%2520Ohira%2520death&scp=1&st=cse "Japan's Prime Minister Ohira Dies At 70 as a Critical Election Nears; Japan's Prime Minister Dies at 70 After Heart Attack Plans for Venice Meeting,"] ''New York Times.'' June 12, 1980.
- Rieffel, Lex. [http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV),"] {{webarchive. link. (June 3, 2010 Brookings. March 27, 2009; [http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site).] {{webarchive). link. (June 3, 2010)
- MOFA: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit (8)]; [[European Union]]: [http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php "EU and the G8"] {{webarchive. link. (February 26, 2007)
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