US EditionFrance delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday
The G7 summit was moved to June 15–17 to avoid overlapping with a White House MMA event hosting 5,000 guests for President Trump’s 80th birthday, UFC CEO said.
- French President Emmanuel Macron and partners agreed to move the G7 summit to June 15 to June 17, and the G7 website now reflects the new dates.
- The White House announced in October that it will host an MMA match on the South Lawn scheduled for June 14, 2026, and UFC CEO Dana White expects 5,000 guests for President Donald Trump's party.
- Typically, G7 meetings are picked a year in advance, making the date change unusual, and French President Emmanuel Macron did not directly confirm members must accommodate the White House event, while last year President Donald Trump held a massive military parade for his birthday.
- Changing pre-set dates forces logistical adjustments, affecting leader itineraries including Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan, attending her first G7 since October 2025.
- Past birthday events for President Donald Trump have involved high costs estimated between $25 million and $45 million, illustrating the scale of such celebrations.
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France just rescheduled the G7 summit to avoid clashing with Donald Trump's 80th birthday plans - it's not what you'd expect
France is rescheduling this year’s Group of 7 summit to avoid a conflict with a high-profile mixed martial arts event at the White House, according to two officials involved in G7 planning who spoke with POLITICO. Originally, Paris had announced that the meeting of G7 leaders would take place from June 14 to June 16 in Evian-les-Bains, a picturesque town on the shores of Lake Geneva. The dates were chosen to coincide with Flag Day in the United …
France will postpone the G7 summit meeting, a group made up of the leaders of some of the world's largest economies, by one day to avoid a conflict of dates with the mixed martial arts event, UFC, planned to take place at the White House on June 14. The conference will take place from June 15 to June 17. In this way, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, will be able to participate. The information is from the American newspaper Poli…
France has postponed the G7 meeting in June. The dates that were initially planned clashed with an MMA gala at the White House. This is reported by Politico, citing sources.
Initially scheduled for June 14 and 15, the G7 was out of date because the U.S. president organized MMA's battles for his 80th birthday at that time, according to the White House.
The investigative media Politico reveals this Friday, January 9th that the Elysée has discreetly changed the date of the G7 summit held in Evian-les-Bains, in order to avoid that it took place at the same time as the MMA event...
The American president celebrates his honorary day with martial arts spectacle on the lawn of the government seat. World politics must therefore wait.
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