France's Ministry of Economics and Finance published an agenda note for the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting that France and the Bank of France will host on 18 and 19 May under the French G7 presidency. It presents the ministerial as a key step in preparing economic and financial decisions for the G7 leaders' summit in Evian on 15 to 17 June 2026, with priorities spanning global imbalances, partnerships with developing countries, critical minerals supply chains, and crisis management and financial stability. The note says ministers will seek closer positions on responses to inflation, industrial resilience and economic sovereignty, debt and financial stability, and international solidarity including support for Ukraine. It also highlights work on modernising development partnerships, using concessional finance more effectively, mobilising private capital and domestic public resources, improving investment conditions for critical minerals projects, and supporting Financial Stability Board work on cyber crisis management exercises, artificial intelligence risks and extreme weather events. Additional exchanges will cover the economic effects of the Middle East situation and cybersecurity. Part of the meeting will, for the first time, include Brazil, South Korea, India and Kenya, alongside international organisations including the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD, Financial Stability Board, International Energy Agency and Financial Action Task Force, as well as Ukraine's finance minister. France says the ministerial is intended to produce deliverables that narrow positions before decisions are elevated to G7 leaders in Evian.

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