As with all recent G8 summits, the event drew large protests, part of the alter-globalization movement (a term not generally used by its supporters).
A protest also occurred on 2 June 2007 on the river bank opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, principally a reminder of the G8's previous (and, as the protestors saw them, unfulfilled) promises on debt relief, entitled "G8 - The World Can't Wait" and "Wake Up To Poverty".