Police officers stand guard on a bridge near a protest camp against the G7 Summit in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Friday, June 24, 2022. The G7 summit take place in castle 'Elmau' near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 until June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Police officers walk on a platform after control a train enroute to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, at the train station in Uffing am Staffelsee, Germany, Friday, June 24, 2022. The G7 summit take place in castle 'Elmau' near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 until June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Activists from Oxfam wear giant heads depicting G7 leaders during a demonstration in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. Leaders depicted from left, U.S. President Joe Biden, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Activists from Oxfam wear giant heads depicting G7 leaders as they pose with a giant syringe during a demonstration in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. Leaders depicted from left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) German police water canons approach a gas station to pick up gas in Klais near Elmau, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 summit will start on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Police prepare their equipment and gather prior to a demonstration ahead of the G7 summit in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Police prepare their equipment and gather prior to a demonstration ahead of the G7 summit in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Activists from Oxfam wear giant heads depicting G7 leaders during a demonstration in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. Leaders depicted from left, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida U.S. President Joe Biden and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Activists from Oxfam put on giant heads depicting G7 leaders during a demonstration in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. Leaders depicted from left, U.S. President Joe Biden, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Activists from Oxfam wear giant heads of G7 leaders as they pose with a giant syringe during a demonstration in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. Leaders depicted from left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Activists from Oxfam wear giant heads of G7 leaders as they pose with a giant syringe during a demonstration in Munich, Germany, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The G7 Summit will take place at Castle Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen from June 26 through June 28, 2022. Leaders depicted from left, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
MUNICH (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to gather in Munich on Saturday as the Group of Seven leading economic powers hold their annual gathering in the Bavarian Alps in Germany, which holds the G-7′s rotating presidency this year.
Police were expecting at least 20,000 protesters in the Bavarian city, the German news agency dpa reported. Fifteen groups critical of globalization, from Attac to the environmental organization WWF, will participate in the demonstrations. Their various demands include a phase-out of fossil fuels, the preservation of animal and plant diversity, social justice on the planet and a stepped-up fight against hunger.
On Saturday morning, members of the antipoverty organization Oxfam posed at a small Munich protest wearing oversized heads of the G-7 leaders demanding more global equality.
“We need concrete action to cope with multiple crises of our times,” Oxfam spokesman Tobias Hauschild told The Associated Press. “That means the G-7 have to act immediately. They have to fight hunger, inequality and poverty.”
The main protest rally was expected to start at noon. Germany's top security official called on protesters to refrain from violence.
"I expect all demonstrators to protest peacefully, not to hurt anyone and not to destroy any cars or stores,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told news portal t-online.
A total of around 18,000 police officers are deployed around the summit site and the protests.
The G-7 leaders — from the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan — are expected to start arriving in Germany on Saturday afternoon and will tackle issues such as Russia’s war on Ukraine, climate change, energy and the looming food security crisis.
“ Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine is also having an impact here,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in his video podcast on Saturday referring to rising prices for groceries, gas and energy.
The chancellor said the G-7 leaders would discuss the current situation triggered by the war "and at the same time ensure that we stop manmade climate change.”
The G-7 summit will take place in Bavaria’s Elmau from Sunday through Tuesday. After the meeting concludes, leaders of the 30 countries in the NATO alliance will then gather for their annual summit, which is being held Wednesday through Thursday in Madrid.
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Grieshaber reported from Berlin.
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