Scores of shops and businesses in downtown Geneva boarded up their storefronts with wooden panels ahead of planned anti-G7 protests on Sunday. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
French and Swiss authorities have imposed extensive security measures as U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders attend a G7 summit of leading industrialized nations starting on Monday. The summit is scheduled to take place June 15-17 in Evian-les-Bains, France.
Construction workers boarded up a shop window in Geneva on June 8. French military boats patrolled Lake Geneva in Evian-les-Bains on June 11. French police officers checked cars crossing the border between Geneva and Gaillard on June 10.
The exact scale of protests is unknown, but authorities are preparing for large demonstrations. Many shops and businesses in Geneva have preemptively protected their windows.