Johnson Defers to Draghi on Economy at First G-7 Summit Session

Boris Johnson, right, elbow bumps with Mario Draghi on the first day of the Group of Seven leaders summit in Carbis Bay, U.K., on June 11.Photographer: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg
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When Group of Seven leaders got down to business on the economy at their first summit session on Friday, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson swiftly ceded the floor to Mario Draghi.

“Mario, I remember being in a seminar where you saved the euro in the middle of a crisis with one phrase,” Johnson said by way of introduction to the Italian prime minister at the closed-door session in Cornwall in southwest England. “Tell us about your perspective.”