G7 Summit once again displays faked unity

The G7 Summit that ended in the French seaside city of Biarritz on Monday is the latest proof of how irrelevant the forum has become.

That was not a secret even before the summit when French President Emmanuel Macron decided to abandon the idea of having a joint communiqu�� for the first time in the G7 Summit's 45-year history. The memory of US President Donald Trump on Air Force One ordering his representative in Canada not to sign the joint communiqu�� last year must still be fresh.

The sharp differences among the leaders, especially between the US president and the rest, on everything from climate change and the Iran nuclear deal to trade and multilateralism, are known to all.