G7 summit in Elmau: Biden is leaving – giant convoy causes trouble on the streets – “are really pissed off”
Created: 06/28/2022, 12:57 p.m
By: Veronika Mahnkopf
On Tuesday, the participants of the G7 summit in Elmau will sit together for the last time, then the top politicians will leave Bavaria.
Huge convoys cause trouble for local residents.
Anger because of earlier blocking at the G7 summit in Elmau: residents, students, vacationers - nobody can get through anymore.
Biden is leaving the G7 summit: Apparently the US President is leaving the conference earlier - and again by car.
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Update from June 28, 12:37 p.m
.: Biden has landed in Munich and has just boarded Air Force One.
He waves goodbye again, as can be seen in the live pictures of the airport from ntv.
The President will probably be in Madrid in about two hours.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is giving his closing press conference in Elmau.
Update from June 28, 12:31 p.m .:
US President Joe Biden is apparently already on his way to Munich by helicopter.
Once there, he marches straight onto Air Force One, which flies him on to Madrid for the NATO summit.
Update from June 28, 12:08 p.m .:
It has not yet been officially confirmed that Biden should then be flown from Ohlstadt Airport to Munich Airport.
From there, Air Force One should take him to Madrid.
Departure through Garmisch-Partenkirchen: US President Joe Biden drives through the market in a 47-car convoy.
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G7 summit: US President Biden drives a car convoy through Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Update from June 28, 11:28 a.m .:
US President Joe Biden is driving through Garmisch-Partenkirchen in these minutes.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is also likely to be in the presidential car.
The convoy was escorted by two military aircraft.
Update from June 28, 10:45 a.m .:
Now something is happening on the protocol route: police cars and other official cars drive through, the 47-car convoy should come soon.
Apparently the cars are now starting in Elmau.
Mayor Elisabeth Koch is also on the side of the road in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
She tells our reporter on site: "I'll be glad when it's over now." The summit was exhausting, you can tell by looking at her, she hardly got any sleep.
All in all, she was particularly happy that everything had remained peaceful.
Update from June 28, 10:28 a.m .:
The resentment in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the surrounding towns is growing: Apparently unsettled parents report to the district office because their children cannot leave the schools.
The closure is expected to continue until 3 p.m.
Apparently all statesmen should leave the G7 summit in Elmau by car.
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In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the police are apparently preparing everything for Joe Biden's car departure.
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Anger because of earlier blocking at the G7 summit in Elmau: no one can get through anymore
A couple from the Bavarian Forest complained to our local reporter about their dissatisfaction with the road closure at one of the road closures in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: "We're really pissed off." summit in Elmau can no longer be cancelled.
Actually they stayed on the Austrian side, today they wanted to see Garmisch and on the way home to the Therme Erding.
Due to the blocking of the control route, they cannot get to their car now.
The young woman can't get out of her excitement.
Your partner can only laugh about it and shakes his head.
"We're also afraid that we'll get a ticket."
Bianca Sasso from Garmisch-Partenkirchen says: "I'm in Eschenlohe by car and won't be coming to Garmisch-Partenkirchen to work." She went to see a doctor in Murnau.
What particularly annoys her: “No one can tell me when I can finally drive through.” Many people who have to wait in front of the closed protocol route are like Sasso at the moment.
G7 summit in Elmau: Car convoy with Biden should start at 10.40 a.m
Update from June 28, 10:15 a.m .:
US President Joe Biden is just attending the meeting with Scholz, Macron and Johnson at the G7 summit in Elmau.
Meanwhile, the police have largely cordoned off the region, as she tells our reporter on site, to keep the road clear for possible departures.
When these take place and who is leaving remains open.
According to the first information from police circles, the car convoy with Joe Biden should start around 10.40 a.m. in Elmau.
As the White House confirmed to the dpa, Biden is leaving earlier than planned due to the weather conditions.
Update from June 28, 9.45 a.m .:
Farchant, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the whole region is angry again: kindergartens and schools are calling, the children can no longer because of the spontaneous blocking for Biden's alleged departure from the G7 summit in Elmau be collected.
The roads are now closed to all road users.
On Monday, residents in Garmisch-Partenkirchen put up signs because they complained that the police were speeding through the residential area - the children were in danger.
G7 summit in Elmau: Last working session on Tuesday
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Tuesday is officially the last day of the G7 summit in Elmau, after which the top-class event in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district, which caused so much effort, ends.
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Biden leaves G7 summit: US President should leave Elmau by car
After a last working session in the morning (here is an overview of the G7 daily program for Tuesday), Chancellor Olaf Scholz will answer journalists' questions at midday in Schloss Elmau.
But there are already increasing signs that US President Joe Biden will be leaving by car earlier than when he arrived.
Around 9 a.m., police officers position themselves at various barriers and prepare the protocol route.
From 9.45 a.m. the streets in Garmisch-Partenkirchen are officially closed.
In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, police officers escort passers-by across the street.
US President Joe Biden will presumably leave here shortly from the G7 summit in Elmau.
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Biden had already traveled to the G7 summit in a car convoy on Saturday because his pilots were unable to practice the flight to Elmau the previous day due to the weather.
You can find more current news about the 2022 summit at Merkur.de/G7-Gipfel Elmau