Macron’s last big diplomatic test: Keep Trump engaged in the G7

(Clea Caulcutt – Politico) As host of this week’s G7 summit, French President Emmanuel Macron faces a challenge in the last big diplomatic set-piece of his presidency: He has to keep Donald Trump interested and stop him from bailing out early. Expectations of what can be achieved in the Alpine spa town of Évian are already low. Instead of the traditional joint communiqué issued by the world’s leading economies, the plan in Évian is to produce a series of narrower declarations, while Macron will issue summaries of discussions on geopolitical issues. – Macron’s last big diplomatic test: Keep Trump engaged in the G7 – POLITICO