The most important things for you this Monday:

Rebecca Boucsein

Editor on duty at FAZ.NET.

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1. Zelenskyj speaks at the G-7 summit


2. Can an oil price cap work?


3. How many people have left the Church?


4. Two new black-green alliances


5. Agreement after the port strike?


6. Does Peace Prize winner Dangarembga have to go to prison?


7. This is going to be important this week

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1. Zelenskyy speaks at the G-7 summit

On the second day of the meeting at Schloss Elmau, the Ukrainian President will be connected via video in the morning.

Before that, he once again urgently called for more weapons for his country.

Fight against hunger:

After the appearance of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj, host Olaf Scholz (SPD) wants to discuss in a larger group with the heads of state and government of the G7 and the five host countries India, Indonesia, South Africa, Senegal and Argentina.

The topics: the climate crisis, energy security and health.

Later, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will also be involved, for example to discuss the impending hunger crisis.

Unity:

At the beginning of their meeting on Sunday, the most important western industrialized countries initially discussed the global economic situation.

In Elmau, Bavaria, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and American President Joe Biden also emphasized the unity of the West in the face of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Biden said Sunday after meeting host Scholz, "We have to stand together."

Investments:

Scholz said: "We are united by our view of the world, our belief in democracy and the rule of law." He was confident that the G7 would act decisively and with one voice and that the summit would send a clear signal.

On Sunday evening, the G7 announced a global investment program.

According to Scholz, with a volume of almost 600 billion dollars by 2027, it should enable investments in climate protection, in the energy sector and in the health sector.

Ukraine can also count on additional billions in commitments to stabilize the country.

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2. Can an oil price cap work?

The US proposal for a price cap for Russian oil is on the table at the G-7 meeting.

A specialist thinks the idea is unrealistic.

Export goods:

The proposal envisages forcing Russia to sell oil to large buyers such as India at a significantly lower price in the future.

This is supposed to work by the West linking services such as insurance for oil transport to compliance with the price cap.

The goal: Moscow should no longer benefit from price increases on the energy market, and oil price jumps should also be prevented.

Shortly before the start of the summit, Biden also announced via Twitter that the G-7 countries wanted to ban the import of gold from Russia.

A US official said gold was Russia's second most important export after energy.