Three weeks after the G7 summit in Évian, France, it has become clear that negotiations have failed to convince France to contribute to Swiss security costs. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) confirmed to Swiss public broadcaster SRF that France will probably not contribute to the costs of policing violent protests that broke out in Geneva ahead of the summit.. Police officers from numerous cantons were deployed to Geneva for the G7 summit – 4,000 Swiss army personnel were on duty