(ANSA) - CARBIS BAY, 11 JUN - 'Building back better ": under the banner of this slogan, marked by the commitment to work for a better reconstruction of the world after the tsunami of the pandemic, the summit of the G7 which opens today under the British presidency in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. Summit marked by the usual security measures alongside health precautions, up to the isolation of an entire hotel hosting American journalists and members of the German delegation following the discovery of a small outbreak of Covid infections among some employees of the structure.
In the afternoon, the first working session dedicated in particular to the economy and social justice under the title "Building Back Better: Recovery for All" (Rebuilding better: a recovery for all), which will be followed tomorrow by sessions focused on flexibility, foreign policy, health and vaccines, and Sunday on open society and finally on climate and greener politics. The final three sessions will be extended to guest leaders from Australia, South Korea, India and South Africa.
The eve of the summit was dominated by the presence of the new American President Joe Biden, and by his bilateral with the landlord Boris Johnson: a meeting on the sidelines of which the ambition to give life to a new Atlantic Charter was revealed to sanction the birth of "a the face of democracies "in the face of the challenge of countries such as China or Russia; but above all it was announced the donation of one billion doses of Covid vaccinants to the least wealthy countries on the planet between this year and the first half of 2022. With 500 million doses put on the plate by the US (as a sort of "arsenal" to defeat the and "without a request for compensation", Biden swore), 100 million from the UK and another 400 million from Italy, Japan, Canada, Germany, France and the EU. (HANDLE).
