https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7hYVf6D-UE 550 --------- 744 FOR FAR TOO LONG the G7 were given THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT that they cared about THE GOOD OF THE WORLD. We see clearly with the war in the Ukraine that "that" is NOT the case. If they did care, they would have respected Ukraine last minute choice to NOT join the EU which "implied" it was NOT interested in joining NATO. THAT is when the USA "stepped in" + took charge of the Ukraine as if it were ANOTHER Guatemala becoming THE MASTER PUPPETEER of the Ukraine in 2014. The G7 along with NATO act like A BUNCH OF GANGSTERS who are bent on "taking down" Russia + China that they see as rivals. The currencies are going DOWN HILL. The standard of living following THE SAME TRAJECTORY. PLUS, they're OVERBURDENED WITH DEBT that "hobbles" their respective Governments. They're NOT GOING TO GET badly needed FOREIGN INVESTMENT from THE ONLY COUNTRY that has money to invest: China. They've become a HA! HA! "you're-kidding-me" joke with more French-like protests in the upcoming months as their citizens are forced to DO WITH LESS + PAY MORE FOR WHAT THEY NEED - like energy. The G7 can be expected to experience A LOT OF POLITICAL in the days, weeks, months ahead. So, to answer THE QUESTION: is the G7 "still" relevant? Let's look at their "sphere of influence". LIMITED! Very, very LIMITED! The influence of the G7 is "ABSENT" in the NEW SPHERES OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE: 1. Asia headed "unofficially" by China with South Korea, Japan, + the Philippines playing THE ODD MAN OUT "listening to their American drummer" (Ha! Ha!) (A BUNCH OF LOSERS) 2. Latin America minus a few countries run by the USA like Guatemala, Colombia + Honduras. 3. Africa Tthe needless NATO2011 killing of Gaddafi has UNITED Africa.) 4. THE UNITY OF THE MUSLIM WORLD (with NO NATO interference) 5. ALL THOSE COUNTRIES financially helped by China making them "automatic" allies of China in the U.N. Assembly. 6. BRICS 7. Commonwealth of Independent States headed by Russia. THE "BIG" WINNERS in all this is China + Russia (which is "sparing" China AN UNJUSTIFIED WAR that the USA is DOING ITS VERY BEST to provoke). All this to say, the G7 is A SHELL of its former self with LITTLE IMPACT. BASICALLY, the G7 - given the changing conditions on the international political stage - is A JOKE. (Ha! Ha!) THEY'RE NOT "IN THE GAME". China, YES! RUSSIA, you bet! The G7 are OUT TO LUNCH getting fat + getting drunk knowing that there is more trouble up ahead for them. :D They'll want A SCAPEGOAT. :D What A BUNCH OF LOSERS! Pathetic, no? Ken, Toronto, CANADA