India, June 15 -- As global fault lines deepen, the G7 returns to where it was born - France with an agenda to revamp world order and reaffirm its relevance

There is a certain poetry in the setting. The Group of Seven, born out of oil shocks in 1975, reconvenes in Evian-les-Bains, France, from June 15 to 17, in a year marked by geopolitical fragmentation, and renewed questions about the role of the forum itself. The anxieties may be the same as fifty years ago, but the stage has become far more complex.

France has carefully constructed its summit priorities around addressing macroeconomic imbalances, strengthening economic security and critical mineral supply chains, and reforming international development partnerships. President Macron...