Trump to attend G7 in France

President Donald Trump will attend the Group of Seven summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on June 15-17, according to a White House official cited by multiple outlets on May 20. France’s presidency website and the European Council’s summit calendar list the meeting for those dates in the Alpine lakeside resort. The confirmation ends weeks of uncertainty over whether Trump would join a gathering that comes amid disputes with several U.S. allies over Iran, tariffs and broader security policy. Reports on Trump’s plans also said he wants the summit to cover trade, crime-fighting and artificial intelligence alongside the Iran war. ### When and where is the summit now set? Évian-les-Bains, in eastern France near the Swiss border, is scheduled to host G7 leaders from June 15 to June 17, according to the Élysée Palace and the European Council. France announced the Évian summit months ago as the centerpiece of its 2026 G7 presidency. May 20 reporting from UPI, AFP and other outlets said Trump’s attendance had now been confirmed by the White House. Some of those reports said French officials had shifted the timing earlier this year to accommodate Trump’s calendar, though France’s public summit pages now simply list the June 15-17 schedule. ### Why was Trump’s attendance in doubt? The White House confirmation came after reports of strain between Washington and several European capitals over the Iran war. Reuters-backed pickup reports and other accounts said Trump had been angry with some allies for not aligning more closely with his Iran policy. June 2026’s summit is also the first G7 hosted by France since Biarritz in 2019, when Trump’s appearances at allied gatherings were closely watched for clashes over trade and security. This year’s meeting is expected to bring the same questions back into view, with Iran now high on the agenda. ### What is expected to be on the agenda besides Iran? Axios, cited by several follow-on reports, said Trump wants to discuss trade, fighting crime and promoting U.S.-developed artificial intelligence tools. Fox television affiliate reports that matched the White House outline also listed AI, trade and crime-fighting as topics Trump hopes to raise. France has not publicly reduced the summit to a single issue, and the official host pages frame the June meeting as the annual leaders’ session of the G7. But the timing means the Iran war is likely to dominate leader-level talks, especially given differences between Washington and European governments over military and diplomatic strategy. ### Why are people watching for a Modi-Trump meeting? Prime Minister Narendra Modi may come face-to-face with Trump on the sidelines of the summit, India Today reported on May 20. The report said any pull-aside would be watched closely because of ongoing India-U.S. trade tensions. India is not a permanent G7 member, but Indian outlets reported that Modi had been invited as a guest by French President Emmanuel Macron. A brief meeting in Évian would give both sides a chance to discuss trade irritants without the choreography of a formal bilateral visit. ### What does France’s role as host look like? President Emmanuel Macron will chair the summit as host leader for France. The Élysée says the 2026 meeting returns the G7 to Évian 23 years after the 2003 G8 summit there. June 15 is the next fixed date in the story. That is when Trump, Macron and the other G7 leaders are scheduled to arrive in Évian, with any side meetings involving Modi likely to take shape around the summit program.