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Personal Views of the G8

May 31, 2007

See what public figures and private people had to say about the G8. Then add your own opinion.

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The G8 summit saw a gathering of the world's most powerful leaders. The heads of the G8 countries -- Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Russia and the USA -- were joined by thousands of journalists, analysts, interest groups and demonstrators.

DW-WORLD.DE asked individuals from around the world for their perspective on the 2007 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.

You can share you opinion of G8 summit by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

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Brazil's New Ideas

Brazilian President Lula de Silva said the G8 observer nations lend credibility to the summit.
May 18, 2007

Oskar Lafontaine

Oskar Lafontaine is the parliamentary leader of the new far-left party, The Left, a grouping of the former Communist Party of East Germany and many disaffected left-wing Social Democrats.
May 18, 2007

Bernd Pfaffenbach

Bernd Pfaffenbach is the undersecretary of state in the finance ministry and Chancellor Merkel's G8 sherpa.
May 18, 2007

Lorenz Caffier

Lorenz Caffier is interior minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania and is responsible for security at the G8 summit.
May 18, 2007

Hartmut Polzin

Hartmut Polzin is the mayor of Bad Doberan, not far from Heiligendamm, where the G8 summit will be held.
May 18, 2007

Rainald Steck

Rainald Steck is the German foreign ministry's head of protocol.
May 21, 2007

Anneke Jensema

Anneke Jensema is the head of the tourist office at the Mecklenburg Baltic Sea coast.
May 21, 2007

Rubens Diniz

Rubens Diniz is a psychologist and a director of the Brazilian Center for Peoples Solidarity and the Fight for Peace (CEBRAPAZ) and the Campaign for the Demilitarization of the Americas (CADA).
May 21, 2007

Kalle Lasn

Kalle Lasn is chairman of Adbusters Media Foundation, Canada
May 18, 2007

Aditi Sharma

Aditi Sharma coordinates Action Aid India's HIV/AIDS campaign. She is attending the G8 alternative summit in Rostock.
May 18, 2007

Werner Rätz

Werner Rätz is the coordinator of the G8 activities for Attac, an activist organization which will be holding demonstrations at Heiligendamm.
May 18, 2007

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith is a British activist and going to protest the G8 in June.
May 18, 2007
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