11th G7 summit
The 11th G7 Summit was held in Bonn, West Germany between May 2 and May 4, 1985. The venue for the summit meeting was at the former official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, the Palais Schaumburg.
| 11th G7 summit | |
|---|---|
Schaumburg Palace in Bonn | |
| Host country | West Germany |
| Dates | May 2–4, 1985 |
| Venue(s) | Palais Schaumburg |
| Cities | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Follows | 10th G7 summit |
| Precedes | 12th G7 summit |
The Group of Seven (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada (since 1976), and the President of the European Commission (starting officially in 1981). The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's chancellor Helmut Schmidt as they conceived the first Group of Six (G6) summit in 1975.