It's Going to be an Early G8 This Year.

Traditionally the Group of 8 (G8) Summit is held in late-July/early-August when most Parliaments/Senates are in recess. This year though it is to be held early in Deauville, France on May 26th-27th.

As always with with G8/G20 Summits there is no real fixed agenda. However the big unavoidables this year will include;

• The world economic recovery especially the Eurozone bailouts of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and possibly Greece again.

• The wave of revolutions/unrest that have swept the middle east and have become annoyingly known as "The Arab Spring."

• The war in Afghanistan and America's killing of Osama bin Laden.

• The war in Libya.

• The Internet.

Beyond that it will probably be a very European dominated summit with lots of talk about the future of the Euro, European Union (EU) expansion and the Schengen agreement/free movement of EU residents between member states.

US President Barack Obama has decided to turn the Summit into something of a European tour also making visits to Britain and the Republic of Ireland. However I'm not sure what else he's got planned for his long and eventful journey.