Motorcades, air-space closures and rolling roadblocks descended on the spa town of Évian-les-Bains today as heads of state from the Group of Seven touched down at nearby Geneva Airport before crossing into France for the 15–17 June summit. Live coverage from Euronews shows that the last delegation arrived shortly after 10:30 CEST, sealing the town of 9,000 residents inside a three-tier security ‘bubble’ stretching 15 km along Lake Geneva. French interior-ministry officials say more than 13,000 gendarmes, CRS riot police and soldiers are deployed—triple the manpower used for the 2023 Paris Peace Forum. Border-inspection teams have also swelled from the usual 60 officers to over 800, focusing on secondary crossings where protesters might attempt to enter. Access badges are required for all hotels, corporate venues and private residences inside the red zone, disrupting expatriate families and corporate off-sites scheduled months ago. DHL and FedEx have suspended same-day deliveries; Airbnb hosts were ordered to file guest lists with police by 12 June, prompting a wave of last-minute cancellations.
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Air traffic is limited to state aircraft and medevac flights between 08:00 and 23:00, pushing business jets to divert to Lyon or Annecy. Hoteliers in those cities report occupancy surging above 95 %, and SNCF has added extra TGVs from Geneva to Paris to accommodate re-routed passengers. For employers, the government’s advice is clear: adopt remote-work arrangements, anticipate courier delays of 24–48 hours, and brief international visitors on the need for passports even for intra-Schengen trips. The interior ministry will review whether to lift some measures as soon as leaders depart on 17 June.
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Air traffic is limited to state aircraft and medevac flights between 08:00 and 23:00, pushing business jets to divert to Lyon or Annecy. Hoteliers in those cities report occupancy surging above 95 %, and SNCF has added extra TGVs from Geneva to Paris to accommodate re-routed passengers. For employers, the government’s advice is clear: adopt remote-work arrangements, anticipate courier delays of 24–48 hours, and brief international visitors on the need for passports even for intra-Schengen trips. The interior ministry will review whether to lift some measures as soon as leaders depart on 17 June.
