16,000 Officers Deployed for G7 Summit in Evian

French authorities are deploying 16,000 law enforcement officers to secure the G7 summit scheduled for June 15 to 17 in Evian, eastern France. The force includes nearly 500 motorcycle officers from the police and gendarmerie, river patrol boats, 64 squadrons of mobile gendarmes and French riot police, several hundred investigators from the anti-cybercrime office and the anti-terrorism sub-directorate, bomb disposal experts, drone pilots, helicopters, and specialized police and gendarmerie units.

Close to 1,000 military personnel, mainly from the French Air and Space Force, are also assigned to the operation.

Nearly 10,000 police officers will handle intelligence, judicial police, and public security missions, Agathe Foucault, spokesperson for the national police, said. On the gendarmerie side, 6,100 officers will cover an area of 1,670 square kilometers, Lieutenant Colonel Erwan Coiffard, spokesperson for the gendarmerie, said.

The cost of the security operation remains not assessed, according to official sources.

Preparation lasted 10 months and included a simulation exercise called Romulus held one month before the summit. Security measures feature QR-code entry passes, blue and red zones, and a tight security grid modeled on arrangements used during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A general information meeting for the summit took place at La Roche-sur-Foron on June 12, 2026.

Le Monde reported the deployment details ahead of the meeting.