{"id":80078,"date":"2026-06-09T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/80078\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:57:02","slug":"could-the-2026-g7-cause-similar-problems-for-geneva-as-in-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/80078\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the 2026 G7 cause similar problems for Geneva as in 2003?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Ahead of a G7 summit in Evian, France, in June, Swiss authorities have been focussed on how to ensure the security of transiting delegations and how to manage a big protest against the summit.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        June 9, 2026 &#8211; 13:20\n<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781006221_437_domhnall-o-sullivan-profileImage-43148785.png\" width=\"998\" height=\"998\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                As part of the democracy team, I report on the dynamic relationship between citizens and their institutions in Switzerland and abroad.<br \/>\nBorn in Ireland, I have a BA in European Studies and MA in International Relations. I&#8217;ve been at SWI swissinfo.ch since 2017.            <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/author\/domhnall-osullivan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                More from this author            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/department\/english-department\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                English Department            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vera-leysinger-profileImage-48369671.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                My work focuses on multimedia content formats. I produce videos and photos for SWI swissinfo.ch&#8217;s various online channels and work as a picture editor.<br \/>\nI hold a bachelor\u2019s degree in Multimedia Production and completed an apprenticeship as a mediamatician.            <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/author\/vera-leysinger\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                More from this author            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/department\/multimedia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                Multimedia            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>From June 15-17, 2026, the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US) are meeting in the French spa town of Evian for a summit. Just across the border in Geneva, a planned protest against the summit, set for June 14, has raised memories of when a previous demonstration \u2013 against a G8 summit back in 2003 \u2013 spiraled into violence and looting. Authorities are hoping for a more peaceful protest this time around.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781006222_463_710014855_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"demonstration and smoke\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss democracy\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Protests in Switzerland less radical, but just as frequent as elsewhere    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Jun 9, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Switzerland is hardly known as a hotbed of unrest. But in some of the country\u2019s cities, demonstrations have been more frequent than ever.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-democracy\/protests-in-switzerland-less-radical-but-just-as-frequent-as-elsewhere\/91474093\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Protests in Switzerland less radical, but just as frequent as elsewhere<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of a G7 summit in Evian, France, in June, Swiss authorities have been focussed on how to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[5461,2176,2491,65,1456,461,41504,9809,335,21740,332,330],"class_list":["post-80078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-beat-swiss-democracy","tag-democracy","tag-demonstration","tag-geneva","tag-politics-general","tag-production-type-original","tag-riots","tag-summit","tag-type-video","tag-user-need-explain-it-to-me","tag-vertical-video-9x16","tag-video"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116720032006239037","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}