The G7 is a "world postcard" for Évian-les-Bains believes the mayor of the city

The G7 is a “world postcard” for Évian-les-Bains and Haute-Savoie, estimates the city’s mayor, Josiane Lei this Sunday on franceinfo, 24 hours before the opening of this international summit which will bring together several major world powers. The city and the department will benefit from this global influence, considers Josiane Lei, who “had already seen in 2003”during the first organization of the G7 in the city, an influence of the summit on tourism.

Among these future tourists, there are 16,000 gendarmes, firefighters, police officers and rescue workers mobilized during these three days of the summit, assures the mayor, who spoke with some of them: “the police discover this territory that they did not know and where they will return on vacation.” These police forces will have to ensure security in the city, but the mayor says she “serene” in Évian-les-Bains, and believes that the highest risks are rather “on Geneva or Annemasse”particularly in the Swiss city where clashes took place on Sunday June 14 afternoon during the anti-G7 demonstration in Geneva, reports ICI Pays de Savoie.

The traffic restrictions will necessarily affect the city’s traders, even if some will do well, like some “bars, restaurants, security companies, caterers”. For others, Josiane Lei suggests “to look at the end of the summit” the economic impact of the G7, not closing the door to negotiated compensation “with the State”.

The G7 international summit, which brings together the world’s largest democratic economies (France, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada), is scheduled to last three days, from Monday to Wednesday, and will begin at 7 p.m. Other countries are also invited, such as Ukraine, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Brazil, South Korea, India, and Kenya.