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The 37th G8 summit was held on May 26–27, 2011, in Deauville, France.〔Présidence française du G20 et du G8, (''Dossier de presse,''p. 27 ); excerpt, ''Le sommet du G8 aura lieu les 26 et 27 mai à Deauville'' (The G8 summit will take place on May, 26th and 27th in Deauville); ("Le prochain G20 aura lieu à Cannes," ) ''Le point'' (France). 12 November 2010; retrieved 13 February 2011〕 Previous G8 summits have been hosted by France in locations which include Rambouillet (1975); Versailles (1982); Grande Arche, Paris (1989); Lyon (1996); and Évian-les-Bains (2003).〔( G20/G8 France 2011 ) official site, ( What is G8? ); retrieved 13 February 2011〕 == Overview == The Group of Six (G6) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States starting in 1976. The G7, meeting for the first time in 1979, was formed with the addition of Canada. Hence, The G8, meeting for the first time in 1997, was formed with the addition of Russia.〔Parliament (UK), ( "G20 rises, G7 & G8 fall?" ); see G8 + G20 + BRICs represented in relational graphic at bottom of page; retrieved 13 February 2011〕 In addition, the President of the European Commission has been formally included in summits since 1981.〔( "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?" ) Reuters (UK), 3 July 2008; retrieved 13 February 2011〕 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 Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the initial summit of the Group of Six (G6) in 1975.〔Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). (''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations,'' p. 205. )〕 The G8 summits have inspired widespread debates, protests and demonstrations; and the two- or three-day event becomes more than the sum of its parts, elevating the participants, the issues and the venue as focal points for activist pressure.〔("Influencing Policy on International Development: G8," ) BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development). 2008; retrieved 13 February 2011〕 The form and functions of the G8 were reevaluated as the G-20 summits evolved into the premier forum for discussing, planning and monitoring international economic cooperation.〔Parliament (UK): Townsend, Ian. ( "G20 & the November 2010 Seoul summit" (SN/EP/5028) ), 19 October 2010; excerpt, "Today, we designated the G-20 as the premier forum for our international economic cooperation" citing ( "Pittsburgh G20 Leaders’ summit communiqué," ) 25 September 2009, paragraph 50.〕 The "new G8" is refocusing on the subjects of common interest to the G8 countries, including geopolitical and security issues.〔 The forum continues to be in a process of transformation.〔Congressional Record Service, R40977: Nelson, Rebecca M. ( "Implications of the transition from G-7 to G20," pp. 22-26. ) ''The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress,'' 9 December 2009; retrieved 13 February 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「37th G8 summit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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