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# The G7 has returned to being a gentlemen’s club.
- URL: https://www.europeans.today/2022/06/26/the-g7-has-returned-to-being-a-gentlemens-club/
- Published: 2022-06-26T00:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-27T07:52:14.000Z
- Description: With Angela Merkel gone, the G7 has returned to being a male bastion.
- Author: Rashmee Roshan Lall
- Tags: COMMENT, G7

### With Angela Merkel gone, the G7 has returned to being a male bastion.

  
###### First published: June 2022.

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Today, leaders of some of the world’s biggest economies get together in the Bavarian Alps. This *Group of Seven* (G7) summit comes after events have moved swiftly apace, notably with Russia invading Ukraine, triggering key economic, geopolitical and humanitarian developments.

Borrowing from *Bloomberg*’s list of the bespoke challenges faced by each G7 leader, here’s a thumbnail sketch of the headaches particular to each man (please note, with Angela Merkel gone, the G7 has returned to being a male bastion; Ursula von der Leyen’s attendance at one of the summits signifies little because she merely represents a non-member, the European Commission).

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### **Joe Biden, USA**

Needs to deal with high pump prices, which means his governing Democrats have a difficult job ahead of November’s midterm elections.

### **Emmanuel Macron, France**

Needs to find a way to legislatively co-habit with other big forces in parliament in order to get anything at all done.

### **Olaf Scholz, Germany**

Needs to deal with criticism that he’s wishy-washy about supporting Ukraine and unable to think of creative and bold ways to move on from Russian gas.

### **Fumio Kishida, Japan**

Needs to keep his popularity at home even as he works out how to get the support of other Asian countries while dealing with China.

### **Mario Draghi, Italy**

Needs to get on with fiscal reforms if he can, despite coalition problems at home and also needs to deal with selling his Eureka moment — a price cap on Russian oil.

### **Justin Trudeau, Canada**

Needs to deal with high inflation (a record since 1983) and allow the world to hear a rendering of geopolitical issues with a Canadian accent.

### **Boris Johnson, Britain**

Basically, needs to get out of the way — of his own party and country (in light of domestic political and economic chaos).

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##### Sources

**Text:** This piece was originally published in [Medium](https://rashmee.medium.com/the-g7-has-returned-to-being-a-gentlemens-club-5176db672552?ref=europeans.today) and re-published in PMP Magazine on 26 Jun 2022, with the author’s consent. | The author writes in a personal capacity. 
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