France hosts a Group of Seven (G7) summit next week, and authorities in France and Switzerland are imposing tight security across the Lake Geneva region in advance of both leader arrivals and a large demonstration. Geneva officials outline security preparations for an anti-G7 protest expected to take place on Sunday in Geneva, with an estimated 50,000 participants. The planned measures include the closure and control of 27 border crossings between France and Switzerland starting Friday evening. G7 leaders are expected to land in Geneva on the Swiss side, then be transported across the border to the summit venue in Evian-les-Bains, France.
Switzerland says it is mobilising about 4,000 soldiers inside Swiss territory to support security during the three-day G7 leaders’ meeting. France is deploying around 8,000 police officers in Evian beginning Monday. The Sunday protest in Geneva is described as an early test of these security arrangements, with shop owners in the area reportedly boarding up businesses ahead of the demonstration.
