The June 15–17 meeting, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, brings together leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, alongside European Union officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also attending as Kyiv seeks further military and diplomatic support from its allies. The summit is taking place in the French Alps near the Swiss border, in the lakeside town of Évian-les-Bains, which previously hosted a G8 meeting in 2003. The talks come amid mounting pressure on Western leaders to maintain unity over Russia’s war in Ukraine, trade and security tensions linked to the Middle East, and broader economic imbalances. French officials have framed the gathering as a chance for major democracies to coordinate their response to overlapping global crises, including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, energy and trade disruptions, and questions over the future of the international order.