Meeting end-May at Deauville, France, on the Normandy coast, G8 leaders sounded unambitious to say the least. Given the persistence of low growth and high unemployment in many of these economies, they needed to look to resolving their own problems. But, unable for long to come to any agreement on what should be the focus of their combined attention at the current moment, they opted to address a problem where their role is both minimal and controversial. Rather than look inwards and focus on the economic problems that plague them, they decided to look outward and pose as champions of democracy worldwide.
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