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Maximum security in Biarritz for the G7 which will bring together, from 24 to 26 August 2019, the leaders of seven major industrialized countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Italy. The seaside town will then be transformed into an entrenched camp with several security zones.
Surfing or swimming on the Grande Plage of Biarritz, it will not be possible during the G7 . This beach is in the center of zone 1, called enhanced security. The Palace Hotel, this iconic palace overlooking the beach will host the heads of state or government of the seven countries.
The streets and avenues of this zone, which includes all the meeting places of the official delegations, will not be more accessible: no pedestrian, no non accredited vehicle will be admitted.
In a wider area, zone 2, called " protection zone", motorists and pedestrians will have to present a badge to be able to enter there. The police forces will be very mobilized; the airport and Biarritz station will be closed.
The memory of Genoa in 2001
This scenario of completely closed places to host these summits has a story. The violent clashes between anti-globalization protesters and the police in Genoa in 2001, which had killed the anti-globalization activists, made an impression. Since then, host authorities have favored areas that are easy to control. Activists have no choice but to organize their counter-summits elsewhere. This year it will straddle the Franco-Spanish border, Hendaye and Irun.
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