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Does the G8 format need a shake-up? (Photo: Peter Sain ley Berry)

The G8 should evolve

EUobserver / Comment - The last 30 years have seen a dramatic increase in issues that are global in scope. Besides tackling problems such as climate change, the next G8 presidency ought to think about how the body should evolve, writes Peter Sain ley Berry.

At the time of writing it is not clear what the results of this year's G8 summit will be. Or even whether there will be any worthwhile results at all, commensurate with the expense and the expectation generated by such events. Given ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Does the G8 format need a shake-up? (Photo: Peter Sain ley Berry)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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