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11th G7 summit

1985 international leader meeting in Germany


1985 international leader meeting in Germany

FieldValue
summit_name11th G7 summit
imagePalais Schaumburg.JPG
captionSchaumburg Palace in Bonn
countryWest Germany
datesMay 2–4, 1985
citiesBonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
venuesPalais Schaumburg
follows[10th G7 summit](10th-g7-summit)
precedes[12th G7 summit](12th-g7-summit)

The 11th G7 Summit was held in Bonn, West Germany between May 2 and May 4, 1985. The venue for the summit meeting was at the former official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, the Palais Schaumburg*.*

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, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The 11th G7 summit was the first summit for Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Participants

These summit participants are the current "core members" of the international forum:

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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MemberRepresented byTitleCANFRAWest GermanyItalyJapanUKUSEuropean Union
CanadaBrian MulroneyPrime Minister
FranceFrançois MitterrandPresident
**West Germany****Helmut Kohl****Chancellor**
ItalyBettino CraxiPrime Minister
JapanYasuhiro NakasonePrime Minister
United KingdomMargaret ThatcherPrime Minister
United StatesRonald ReaganPresident
European CommunityJacques DelorsCommission President
Bettino CraxiCouncil President

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. Issues which were discussed at this summit included:

  • Growth and Employment
  • Relations with Developing Countries
  • Multilateral Trading System and International Monetary System
  • Environment Policies
  • Cooperation in Science and Technology

Notes

References

References

  1. 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.]. Accessed 2009-03-11. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110323151148/http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Archived] 2009-04-29.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.]
  5. 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 2, 2010)
  6. MOFA: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit (11)]; [[European Union]]: [http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php "EU and the G8"] {{webarchive. link. (2007-02-26)
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