Lula Says He Was Never a Leftist at 3-Way G7 Summit Conversation
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 17
Lula Says He Was Never a Leftist at 3-Way G7 Summit Conversation
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 17
Summary
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in a conversation caught on camera at the G7 summit that he was “never a leftist” and that “the world takes the middle path.”
The remark came during a casual three-way exchange with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the summit sidelines in France.
The comment jars with Lula’s long public image: he rose from Brazil’s trade union movement and for decades was seen as a defining figure of the Latin American left.