Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ana amfani da kalmar G4 musamman (duk da cewa ba ita kaɗai ba) don bayyana taron ƙasashe huɗu a matakin shugabanni. Bugu da kari, ana amfani da kalmar EU uku (ko G-3) don bayyana rukunin ministocin harkokin waje daga Faransa, Burtaniya da Jamus (yanzu sun sake hadewa) yayin tattaunawar nukiliyar Iran. A wani ɓangaren kuma, rukunin ministocin cikin gida da suka haɗa da Spain da Poland an san su da G6. Jamus (wanda ke da tattalin arziki mafi girma a Turai) sau da yawa ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin jagoran tattalin arzikin EU, kamar yadda ake ci gaba da rikicin bashin Turai na Turai, yayin da Faransa da Ingila (duka mambobin dindindin na UNSC) sau da yawa ke jagorantar tsaro da kuma manufofin kasashen waje, irin su shiga tsakani a Libya
a shekara ta 2011. Wannan, har zuwa wani lokaci, yana wakiltar daidaita ikon jagoranci ga yankin Yammacin nahiyar. Ta yaya wannan daidaito zai canza bayan kuri'ar Brexit a cikin 2016 har yanzu batun buɗewa ne.