On the eve of the G7 in Canada, tensions skyrocket. On Friday 8 and Saturday 9 June, the heads of state and government of the 7 most industrialized countries in the world will meet in Charlevoix, Quebec, to discuss the hottest topics in international politics: from US tariffs to sanctions against Iran.
A "baptism of fire" for the new Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte who, after gaining the confidence of Parliament, will make his international debut on Friday as head of the new Lega-M5s government. However, due to the limited time available, Italy will participate in the G7 with the dossier prepared by the diplomatic office of the former Premier, Paolo Gentiloni.
The climate in Quebec today is not the best and the precedents do not help: last year in Taormina, the heads of state and government of France, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada (the European Union participates to the G7, but does not chair or host the summits) they closed the summit in total disagreement on immigration and climate change and the risk is that this year the situation will become even more heated
Waiting for the political leaders to arrive it's already a battle between the Sherpas, their representatives for all the thematic areas that make up the work agenda of the summit. The object of the dispute is Russia: the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada had presented a statement condemning Moscow for the shooting down of the Malaysian plane.
A few weeks ago, the international investigative team that has been investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH2014 in Ukraine since 17, which cost the lives of 298 people, came to the conclusion that the plane crashed because it was hit by a Buk anti-aircraft missile launched by Russia, a thesis still vigorously denied by the Kremlin today.
Hence the decision to prepare a joint declaration of condemnation on which, however, the Sherpas of the 7 countries have not been able to agree: if France and Germany had declared their willingness to sign the document, Italy and Japan have decided to oppose, de facto wrecking the initiative.
A decision, the Italian one, which seems to be in line with the rapprochement with Russia that Prime Minister Conte announced on June 5 in the Senate during his keynote speech: “We will be advocates of an opening towards Russia, which has consolidated its international role in various geopolitical crises in recent years. We will promote a review of the sanctions”. Therefore, at the first useful opportunity, Italy has already put the new proposals into practice.
