French President Emmanuel Macron has cautioned that the G20 may be nearing “the end of a cycle,” warning that the forum is struggling to address major global crises amid deep geopolitical divisions.
Macron delivered the remarks on Saturday at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, a gathering marked by the absence of U.S. President Donald Trump, who is currently at odds with South Africa on several political and diplomatic issues.
“The G20 may be coming to the end of a cycle,” Macron told fellow leaders. “We are living in a moment of geopolitics in which we are struggling to resolve major crises together around this table, including with members who are not present today.”
He criticised Washington’s new unilateral peace proposal for Ukraine, which reportedly accepts some of Russia’s key demands. European leaders at the summit held a separate meeting to consider counter-proposals.
“There can be no peace in Ukraine without Ukrainians, without respect for their sovereignty,” Macron reaffirmed.
The G20—which includes 19 major economies plus the European Union and African Union—has struggled to reach consensus on issues such as humanitarian law and national sovereignty.
Macron said the group must urgently “re-engage around a few priorities” and show that it can deliver “concrete actions” to address shared economic and global challenges.
Without renewed collective commitment, he warned, the relevance and effectiveness of the G20 could be undermined.
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