The 48th G7 Summit will take place from June 26th to 28th, 2022 at Schloss Elmau, a five-star hotel above the village of Klais in the Wetterstein Mountains. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz is the host. Numerous demos are planned around the summit. FOCUS Online reports in the ticker.
4:00 p.m .: According to official information, the Munich police had around 3,000 emergency services deployed at the protest meeting. It had been feared that a black block could cause unrest. Ultimately, around 100 to 150 people were assigned to this spectrum.
“Upon arrival at the Theresienwiese there was an arrest and subsequent solidarity action by the black block. We stopped the people and spoke to them over the loudspeaker. Shortly thereafter, the people returned to the meeting on their own,” the police said. Even before the event, it was said that the mobilization is currently not as strong as at the G7 summit seven years ago.
3:49 p.m .: Joe Biden left for the G7 summit in Bavaria on Saturday. The Air Force One with the US President on board should land in Munich late in the evening, as the White House announced. From there, Biden wanted to fly on to Schloss Elmau, where the summit of the seven leading western industrialized countries begins this Sunday.
Before the summit begins, Biden wants to hold bilateral talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The G7 summit in Bavaria lasts until Tuesday. Biden then wants to travel on to the NATO summit in Madrid before returning to Washington on Thursday.
Germany currently chairs the “Group of Seven”. In addition to Germany and the USA, the G7 also includes Canada, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. The focus of the G7 and NATO meetings will be the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and its consequences.
Only last Thursday, the United States announced further arms deliveries to Ukraine in the amount of 450 million dollars (about 428 million euros). Since the start of the war four months ago, the US government has said it has pledged or already delivered weapons and equipment worth around 6.1 billion US dollars (5.8 billion euros) to Ukraine.
5:21 a.m .: The federal police have rented the Meilerhütte of the German Alpine Association for the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau. The hut of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen section, located in the Wetterstein Mountains at an altitude of 2366 meters, is on the border with Austria and almost above the valley in which the conference venue is located. The castle can be reached from the hut in a five-hour hike at normal times.
The hut, which according to the website has around 80 beds, is used exclusively by the federal police, the officials said. It will remain closed to hikers and will not open to guests until July 1st. The federal police also use the Ederkanzel mountain hut, which can be reached from the Mittenwald side. However, this hut is still open to the public.
The state police have also rented huts, including 14 private and unmanaged huts in the security area around Schloss Elmau, which has been cordoned off since Sunday. They are intended to serve as bases for officials in action. Outside the four square kilometer security area, only forest service huts and two traditional costume association huts were rented, the police explained.
The famous Partnach Gorge remains closed. It is closed to visitors from Friday. The reason is the G7 summit, it said on the website. The gorge is to remain closed up to and including June 28 – the last day of the summit.
In addition, hikers cannot use the Eckbauerbahn. Until the last day of the summit, it is used exclusively by the police, who bring their officers to an altitude of 1236 meters and thus to the operational area around the conference location.
Friday, June 24, 2:44 a.m .: To combat the global hunger and climate crisis, the Oxfam organization is calling for a special tax on extra profits for large corporations before the G7 summit in Elmau, Bavaria. “The G7 must agree on an action plan against hunger and poverty, including an excess profit tax and debt relief,” said Tobias Hauschild, development finance expert at Oxfam Germany, in a statement published on Friday. Starting Sunday, the heads of state and government of the G7 countries want to meet for a three-day summit at Schloss Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The aid organization calculated that a one-time special tax of 90 percent on extra profits alone would mobilize more than 430 billion US dollars for the largest companies in the G7 countries. This is enough money to fill the funding gaps of all United Nations humanitarian appeals, fund a 10-year plan to end hunger and provide a one-time grant of more than $3,000 to the poorest 10 percent of the population of the G7 countries to pay, they said. Above all, one can thus avert the impending famine in East and West Africa.
7.35 p.m .: In the large demonstration against the G7 summit on Saturday in Munich, according to the police, more than the 20,000 registered participants could come in good weather. He also expects a black block, said Munich’s operations manager and police vice president Michael Dibowski at the presentation of the police operation concept on Thursday in Munich. Around 3,000 police officers are to ensure a peaceful process. In total, around 18,000 officers are deployed around the summit.
As in 2015, the summit will take place at Schloss Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the summit days are from June 26th to 28th. Seven years ago, around 35 people attended the central demonstration in Munich. The hut of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen section, located in the Wetterstein Mountains at an altitude of 2366 meters, is on the border with Austria and almost above the valley in which the conference venue is located. The castle can be reached from the hut in a five-hour hike at normal times.
The hut, which according to the website has around 80 beds, is used exclusively by the federal police, the officials said. It will remain closed to hikers and will not open to guests until July 1st. The federal police also use the Ederkanzel mountain hut, which can be reached from the Mittenwald side. However, this hut is still open to the public.
The state police have also rented huts, including 14 private and unmanaged huts in the security area around Schloss Elmau, which has been cordoned off since Sunday. They are intended to serve as bases for officials in action. Outside the four square kilometer security area, only forest service huts and two traditional costume association huts were rented, the police explained.
The famous Partnach Gorge remains closed. It is closed to visitors from Friday. The reason is the G7 summit, it said on the website. The gorge is to remain closed up to and including June 28 – the last day of the summit.
In addition, hikers cannot use the Eckbauerbahn. Until the last day of the summit, it is used exclusively by the police, who bring their officers to an altitude of 1236 meters and thus to the operational area around the conference venue.000 participants came.
With the black block, he expects a strength up to a high three-digit number of people. However, the mobilization is not as strong as at the G7 summit seven years ago. It mainly runs throughout Germany. The international mobilization could also be influenced by the subsequent NATO summit in Madrid and be less strong than in 2015, said Dibowski.
After eight police cars burned in Munich, investigations continued in all directions. It is not yet possible to say whether the perpetrator came from the left-wing extremist spectrum – but there is a lot to be said for it. The left-wing scene celebrated the alleged attack on social media.
When the summit participants arrive and during the demo on Saturday, traffic jams and disruptions are to be expected. Dibowski called on the demonstrators to present their protest peacefully. There is room for “creative and peaceful forms of demonstration”. “The Munich police will not tolerate disturbances caused by violence, damage to property and other violations of the law.” Road blockades or disruptive actions were not tolerated and violations of the law were consistently reported. “Legitimate protest ends where criminal behavior begins.”
6.30 a.m .: Because of the G7 summit, many schoolchildren in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district are going to distance learning from Friday. The measure should apply until June 28th and thus for three school days. The Ministry of Culture explained that it was primarily necessary because of the expected severe disruption to road and rail traffic.
The central Bavaria-wide final exams still take place in attendance. A network of examination schools is open for this. The students sometimes have to go to schools other than their usual schools. This is also due to the traffic situation, it said. On the three days, around 560 students across all types of schools in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen will have their final exams at eleven exam schools, said a spokesman for the ministry.
Both the announcement of distance learning for the entire district and the decision to send the students to important exams under the difficult circumstances had caused resentment in the district.
Among other things, the mayor of Krün, Thomas Schwarzenberger (CSU), suggested in February that the exams of some schools should be relocated. The examinees could not come to the schools because of the controls and traffic restrictions or only under additional stress. However, the ministry stuck to the fact that the final exams would take place as planned.
Exceptions are possible for distance learning. Depending on the security and traffic situation and the type of school, lessons can also be taught in person, the ministry explained. Where necessary, emergency care should also be set up.
During the period in question, there are final examinations at middle schools, junior high schools, business schools and vocational schools for commercial assistants.
Thursday, June 23, 5 a.m.: The people in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area will face further burdens in connection with the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau in the next few days. From Thursday onwards, the police helicopter squadrons will be preparing for the meeting of the heads of state and government of the seven leading democratic economic powers, as the police press office announced at the summit. It is also about an airspace protection exercise. The officials asked the population for understanding of the flights and the associated background noise.
However, some in Garmisch-Partenkirchen are increasingly annoyed by the large-scale operation on their doorstep. “Shit G7, thanks for nothing”, reads the shop window. The place is full of police, numerous parking lots are also blocked outside and near bathing lakes. Residents say they no longer know where to park. There are also some police cars at the cemetery, but there are still funerals. Helicopters have been circling over the region for some time.
A barrier in the Kurpark also caused displeasure among the people of Garmisch. There is a lack of understanding about the security with a kind of barbed wire in the parking lot of the congress center, where the federal police are quartered. It’s about self-protection, said a spokesman for the federal police. We want as little disruption to the public as possible. “It doesn’t make such a comfortable impression,” says Michaela Nelhiebel, Chairwoman of the Garmisch Center Advertising Association. When the police protect themselves in this way, some wonder whether it will really remain peaceful.
It wasn’t a relaxed start to the holiday. At Nuremberg Airport, a plane bound for Mallorca had to abruptly abort the take-off process and brake hard. “As a person, you notice that something is wrong,” says passenger W. He speaks of a “horror trip”.
