In Evian-le-Ben, France, the alpine resort where the G7 leaders meet this year, the... stress of the participants was two: the first, if President Trump would be on time and the second, what will be his mood.
With the American president having one history... Attacks which has little to do with blowing up the session (Even the utility of G7 itself has been questioned by Trump), host, Emanuel Macron, did everything to have a moody Trump toward him. Until he transferred the session an hour later To celebrate Trump's 80th birthday, watching UFC race in the White House.
Trump does his weird handshake tug of war with Brigitte Macron pic.twitter. com/b4LZpg2sly— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 15, 2026
It appears that Macron's plan has been "conceived" (except for the anti-G7 protesters who broke stores and burned a Tesla). President Trump arrived on time in Evian and did not make the usual offensive comments about President Macron (or other leaders), as for example when he said that he is recovering from his wife's... crochets, or when he was mocking British Kir Starmer that "It's not like Churchill", or when he described Canadian Justine Trido as "dishonest and weak". Instead, he had a very warm and awkward extended handshake with Brigitte Macron.
Even if before arriving in Evian, he had stated that "I have no choice" from imposing 100% customs duties on French wines if Paris does not give in to its desire to abolish the 3% tax on American technological giants. "It doesn't work that way," Macron said, rejecting the threat.
And he spoke to reporters a little, revealing that one of the two "hot" faces of the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin, He called him to tell him "Happy Birthday".
The other face of the day, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski expected today in Evian. This time, he will sit against his American counterpart, having what Trump said he misses. "The papers" that give him a better negotiating position in a debate on a peace agreement with Russia.
At the same time as Evian welcomed G7 leaders in Luxembourg, EU foreign ministers officially started the Accession negotiations with Ukraine. This is one of the strong papers Zelenski has in his hands, after more than two years of delays due to the blockade from Hungary.
"Today we are taking a historic step towards Ukraine's accession to the European Union", said European Council President Antonio Costa in Evian. "This is a huge step forward", The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leien has completed. "Kievo has respected its obligations and now EU must do so".
Zelensky boasts that at least at this point in time, Ukraine is considered to be in a strong position.
‘Ukraine holds the front line and is even partially recovered’, says, in support of this von der Leien.
"On the other hand, Russia feels pressure and stress. Our sanctions are severe and have a profound impact." Europeans maintain this pressure, broadening support in Ukraine and increasing sanctions in Russia, with the main aim of pushing President Vladimir Putin into meaningful peace negotiations.
The question now is how Zelenski's "papers" will be accepted by President Trump, but especially what he has to bring to the negotiating table. G7 leaders are expected to listen carefully to his description of recent phone conversation with Putin, who certainly didn't talk to him just about his birthday.
Whether there will be tension, we will see, as President Trump He wanted to put his stamp on the G7 summit., overshadowing it with the announcement of a peace agreement with Iran and with a commitment that by Thursday the Straits of Hormuz will have been opened - a timetable that Europeans are questioning - which President Trump does not particularly like.
Now, on the second issue on which the interest in G7, the other peace agreement, which between Russia and Ukraine, is considered certain, Mr Trump will want to put his own "seal".
After all, he did so on the subject of Iran, as the announced preliminary agreement between Washington and Tehran causes moderate optimism to European leaders that a "very costly" confrontation could eventually be terminated and that the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened.
While Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy, the so-called E4, have expressed their will to lift sanctions against Iran, von der Leien made it clear that any such move would depend on measurable changes on the spot and insisted on strict terms before the sanctions were relaxed.