Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Taron ya samo asali ne daga taron kolin 1975
Faransa ce ta karbi bakuncin taron, wanda ya haɗa da wakilan gwamnatoci shida: Faransa, Jamus, Italiya, Japan, United Kingdom, da kuma Amirka, wanda hakan ya sa aka kira taron G6 ko kuma G6. Taron ya zama sananne a matsayin Group of Seven, a 1976 tare da ƙara Kanada. An kara Rasha zuwa dandalin siyasa daga 1997, wanda a shekara mai zuwa aka san shi da G8. A watan Maris na 2014 an dakatar da Rasha ba tare da bata lokaci ba bayan hadewar Crimea, inda sunan dandalin siyasa ya koma G7. A shekarar 2017, Rasha ta sanar da ficewarta daga kungiyar G8. Koyaya, wakilan kasashe da yawa na G7 sun bayyana cewa za su yi sha'awar dawowar Rasha cikin kungiyar. An wakilci Tarayyar Turai a G8 tun daga shekarun 1980 a matsayin mai halartar "wanda ba a lissafa ba", amma ba zai iya karɓar bakuncin ko shugabancin taron ba. Taron kolin na 40 shi ne karo na farko da Tarayyar Turai za ta iya karbar bakuncin taron kolin da kuma shugabancin taron. Tare, a cikin 2012, ƙasashen G8 sun ƙunshi kashi 50.1 cikin ɗari na GDP na duniya na 2012 da kashi 40.9 cikin ɗari na GDP na duniya (PPP).