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The G-8 consists of the [[United States]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Russia]], [[Italy]], [[Canada]] and [[France]]. Each nation of the G-8 hosts the summit on a rotating basis.
 
The G-8 consists of the [[United States]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Russia]], [[Italy]], [[Canada]] and [[France]]. Each nation of the G-8 hosts the summit on a rotating basis.
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Starting in 2010 it will be eclipsed by the larger [[G-20]] group.
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Starting in 2010 it will be eclipsed by the larger [[G-20]] group.  The G-8 will continue to meet on matters important to the most developed economies, such as international security issues. But those meetings will come as world leaders converge for other events, not in major summits.
    
[[Category:Political Organizations]]
 
[[Category:Political Organizations]]
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