G8 summit is a true Vanity Fair

Starting Thursday the heads of state and government of the world's leading economies will meet for the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. The left-liberal daily Frankfurter Rundschau is sceptical about the potential results of the summit: "The G8 institution already has a problem: The meetings of the leaders of the eight most powerful industrialised nations have so far failed to prove that they are anything more than a Vanity Fair which produces little more than noble declarations of intent that are promptly forgotten a couple of weeks later. Or can anyone still remember what was actually meant by the 'Heiligendamm Process'? The heads of government and state … will once again discuss the fight against poverty and hunger. They'll talk about climate change and speed up dialogue with the most important emerging economies (voilà: that's the 'Heiligendamm Process') … The results - that's clear even before the summit starts - will be meagre. And Berlusconi playing host certainly won't enhance the reputation of the G8 conferences."

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