France puts G7 finance ministers' meeting off to next week

January 21, 2026 9:18 AM EST

FILE PHOTO: French Minister for Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty Roland Lescure attends a session at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

PARIS, Jan ⁠21 (Reuters) - ⁠The ‍French government has pushed back plans ‍for an online G7 finance ​ministers meeting from Wednesday ​to next week because of scheduling problems, a French finance ministry official ​said.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure, whose government ​holds the G7 presidency this year, ‌said on Monday he wanted a meeting with ​counterparts in the "coming ⁠days" after the Trump administration threatened ‌new tariff hikes on some European countries.

The Finance ‌Ministry official said invitations for a ‌meeting on Wednesday had been sent, but tight scheduling and ‍the Davos World Economic Forum meant it ⁠would have to be held next week instead.

(Reporting by Leigh Thomas, editing by Ingrid Melander)



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