The G7 Summit in France was intended to focus on long-term challenges such as AI governance, critical minerals, and economic resilience. Instead, attention shifted almost immediately to the surprise US-Iran peace breakthrough, which dominated discussions and reshaped the summit's agenda. While leaders still reached agreements on a range of strategic issues, the gathering raised a broader question: can the G7 continue to shape the global economic agenda, or is it increasingly being forced into crisis-management mode by a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape?

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