ELMAU CASTLE , June 26 — G7 leaders will gather from today in a quintessentially German venue handpicked by former chancellor Angela Merkel and recycled by her successor Olaf Scholz — a luxury hotel with a fairy-tale setting and a tumultuous past.
"This club for conversation began as the G6 with six countries to discuss how to deal with the oil crisis at that time," Scholz said yesterday. Scholz, nicknamed Scholzomat for his often robotic style, is expected to stick to a tighter schedule given the crisis-packed programme.G7 presidents typically choose picture-postcard spots when planning their annual summit, ideally in a remote location that is easier for police to seal off than an urban centre. Elmau Castle is no exception.
Despite the major security presence, red-faced Bavarian authorities this week admitted that eight buses used by federal police for the summit had been destroyed in an arson attack.A train accident earlier this month on the route to Garmisch that cost five lives also set local officials on edge. Bavarian police said they had opened a probe on suspicion of criminally negligent homicide against three railway employees over the derailment.
After the start of World War II, he prevented his beloved hotel from being seized by the Nazi top brass for their own use by renting it out to the German army as a resort for soldiers on leave from the front.
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