Atlantische machtselite van regeringsleiders, mediafiguren, bankiers bij Bilderberg 2016

Ik stuitte pas vandaag op het bericht dat de bekende Bilderbergconferentie dit jaar in het Duitse Dresden zal worden gehouden. Het beslaat vier dagen, te weten van 9 tot en met 12 juni. Er is helaas nog nergens een lijst beschikbaar van de aanwezige gasten. Het betreft echter elk jaar de Atlantische machtselite van regeringsleiders, mediafiguren, bankiers, academici, hoge militairen, en prominenten uit het bedrijfsleven.

De ontmoeting staat erom bekend dat er niets aan informatie naar buiten lekt, behalve dan de agendapunten, maar niets over wat er inhoudelijk wordt besproken of welke standpunten die diverse aanwezigen innemen. Dat is zo overeengekomen en heeft als gevolg dat ook de daar aanwezige journalisten niets publiceren over wat er zoal wordt besproken.

In 2014 was er de sensationele onthulling van de PvdA-fractievoorzitter Diederik Samson, die geheel tegen de protocollen in, voor de aanwezige pers en nieuwsgierigen uitgebreid vragen kwam beantwoorden. Hij liet toen weten dat de Bilderbergers o.a. voorstander van schaliegas zijn. Samson werd uiteraard het jaar daarop niet meer uitgenodigd.

Er worden dit jaar natuurlijk protesten verwacht en dat is goed, zeker wanneer dat vanuit verschillende politieke hoeken komt. Interessant blijft te volgen of dat de alternatieve media toch nog extra informatie weten los te krijgen, of misschien opvallende deelnemers (die niet op de vooraf openbaar gemaakte lijst staan) weten te ontdekken.

Key topics listed in the official press release include:

Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity
Chemical Weapons Threats
Current Economic Issue
European Strategy
Globalisation
Greece
Iran
Middle East
NATO
Russia
Terrorism
United Kingdom
USA
US Elections

Final list of Participants

Chairman

Castries, Henri de	Chairman and CEO, AXA Group	FRA

Achleitner, Paul M.	Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG	DEU
Agius, Marcus	Non-Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group	GBR
Ahrenkiel, Thomas	Director, Danish Intelligence Service (DDIS)	DNK
Allen, John R.	Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, US Department of State	USA
Altman, Roger C.	Executive Chairman, Evercore	USA
Applebaum, Anne	Director of Transitions Forum, Legatum Institute	POL
Apunen, Matti	Director, Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA	FIN
Baird, Zoë	CEO and President, Markle Foundation	USA
Balls, Edward M.	Former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer	GBR
Balsemão, Francisco Pinto	Chairman, Impresa SGPS	PRT
Barroso, José M. Durão	Former President of the European Commission	PRT
Baverez, Nicolas	Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	FRA
Benko, René	Founder, SIGNA Holding GmbH	AUT
Bernabè, Franco	Chairman, FB Group SRL	ITA
Beurden, Ben van	CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc	NLD
Bigorgne, Laurent	Director, Institut Montaigne	FRA
Boone, Laurence	Special Adviser on Financial and Economic Affairs to the President	FRA
Botín, Ana P.	Chairman, Banco Santander	ESP
Brandtzæg, Svein Richard	President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA	NOR
Bronner, Oscar	Publisher, Standard Verlagsgesellschaft	AUT
Burns, William	President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	USA
Calvar, Patrick	Director General, DGSI	FRA
Castries, Henri de	Chairman, Bilderberg Meetings; Chairman and CEO, AXA Group	FRA
Cebrián, Juan Luis	Executive Chairman, Grupo PRISA	ESP
Clark, W. Edmund	Retired Executive, TD Bank Group	CAN
Coeuré, Benoît	Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank	INT
Coyne, Andrew	Editor, Editorials and Comment, National Post	CAN
Damberg, Mikael L.	Minister for Enterprise and Innovation	SWE
De Gucht, Karel	Former EU Trade Commissioner, State Minister	BEL
dijsselbloem, Jeroen	Minister of Finance	NLD
Donilon, Thomas E.	Former U.S. National Security Advisor; Partner and Vice Chair, O'Melveny & Myers LLP	USA
Döpfner, Mathias	CEO, Axel Springer SE	DEU
Dowling, Ann	President, Royal Academy of Engineering	GBR
Dugan, Regina	Vice President for Engineering, Advanced Technology and Projects, google	USA
Eilertsen, Trine	Political Editor, Aftenposten	NOR
Eldrup, Merete	CEO, tv 2 Danmark A/S	DNK
Elkann, John	Chairman and CEO, EXOR; Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles	ITA
Enders, Thomas	CEO, Airbus Group	DEU
Erdoes, Mary	CEO, jp morgan Asset Management	USA
Fairhead, Rona	Chairman, BBC Trust	GBR
Federspiel, Ulrik	Executive Vice President, Haldor Topsøe A/S	DNK
Feldstein, Martin S.	President Emeritus, NBER; Professor of Economics, Harvard University	USA
Ferguson, Niall	Professor of History, Harvard University, Gunzberg Center for European Studies	USA
Fischer, Heinz	Federal President	AUT
Flint, Douglas J.	Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc	GBR
Franz, Christoph	Chairman of the Board, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd	CHE
Fresco, Louise O.	President and Chairman Executive Board, Wageningen University and Research Centre	NLD
Griffin, Kenneth	Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC	USA
Gruber, Lilli	Executive Editor and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV	ITA
Guriev, Sergei	Professor of Economics, Sciences Po	RUS
Gürkaynak, Gönenç	Managing Partner, ELIG Law Firm	TUR
Gusenbauer, Alfred	Former Chancellor of the Republic of Austria	AUT
Halberstadt, Victor	Professor of Economics, Leiden University	NLD
Hampel, Erich	Chairman, UniCredit Bank Austria AG	AUT
Hassabis, Demis	Vice President of Engineering, Google DeepMind	GBR
Hesoun, Wolfgang	CEO, Siemens Austria	AUT
Hildebrand, Philipp	Vice Chairman, BlackRock Inc.	CHE
Hoffman, Reid	Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn	USA
Ischinger, Wolfgang	Chairman, Munich Security Conference	INT
Jacobs, Kenneth M.	Chairman and CEO, Lazard	USA
Jäkel, Julia	CEO, Gruner + Jahr	DEU
Johnson, James A.	Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners	USA
Juppé, Alain	Mayor of Bordeaux, Former Prime Minister	FRA
Kaeser, Joe	President and CEO, Siemens AG	DEU
Karp, Alex	CEO, Palantir Technologies	USA
Kepel, Gilles	University Professor, Sciences Po	FRA
Kerr, John	Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power	GBR
Kesici, Ilhan	MP, Turkish Parliament	TUR
Kissinger, Henry A.	Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.	USA
Kleinfeld, Klaus	Chairman and CEO, Alcoa	USA
Knot, Klaas H.W.	President, De Nederlandsche Bank	NLD
Koç, Mustafa V.	Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.	TUR
Kogler, Konrad	Director General, Directorate General for Public Security	AUT
Kravis, Henry R.	Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.	USA
Kravis, Marie-Josée	Senior Fellow and Vice Chair, Hudson Institute	USA
Kudelski, André	Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group	CHE
Lauk, Kurt	President, Globe Capital Partners	DEU
Lemne, Carola	CEO, The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise	SWE
Levey, Stuart	Chief Legal Officer, HSBC Holdings plc	USA
Leyen, Ursula von der	Minister of Defence	DEU
Leysen, Thomas	Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group	BEL
Maher, Shiraz	Senior Research Fellow, ICSR, King's College London	GBR
Markus Lassen, Christina	Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Security Policy and Stabilisation	DNK
Mathews, Jessica T.	Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	USA
Mattis, James	Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University	USA
Maudet, Pierre	Vice-President of the State Council, Department of Security, Police and the Economy of Geneva	CHE
McKay, David I.	President and CEO, Royal Bank of canada	CAN
Mert, Nuray	Columnist, Professor of Political Science, Istanbul University	TUR
Messina, Jim	CEO, The Messina Group	USA
Michel, Charles	Prime Minister	BEL
Micklethwait, John	Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP	USA
Minton Beddoes, Zanny	Editor-in-Chief, The Economist	GBR
Monti, Mario	Senator-for-life; President, Bocconi University	ITA
Mörttinen, Leena	Executive Director, The Finnish Family Firms Association	FIN
Mundie, Craig J.	Principal, Mundie & Associates	USA
Munroe-Blum, Heather	Chairperson, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board	CAN
Netherlands, H.R.H. Princess Beatrix of the		NLD
O'Leary, Michael	CEO, Ryanair Plc	IRL
Osborne, George	First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer	GBR
Özel, Soli	Columnist, Haberturk Newspaper; Senior Lecturer, Kadir Has University	TUR
Papalexopoulos, Dimitri	Group CEO, Titan Cement Co.	GRC
Pégard, Catherine	President, Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles	FRA
Perle, Richard N.	Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute	USA
Petraeus, David H.	Chairman, KKR Global Institute	USA
Pikrammenos, Panagiotis	Honorary President of The Hellenic Council of State	GRC
Reisman, Heather M.	Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.	CAN
Rocca, Gianfelice	Chairman, Techint Group	ITA
Roiss, Gerhard	CEO, OMV Austria	AUT
Rubin, Robert E.	Co Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury	USA
rutte, Mark	Prime Minister	NLD
Sadjadpour, Karim	Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	USA
Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, Pedro	Leader, Partido Socialista Obrero Español PSOE	ESP
Sawers, John	Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners	GBR
Sayek Böke, Selin	Vice President, Republican People's Party	TUR
Schmidt, Eric E.	Executive Chairman, Google Inc.	USA
Scholten, Rudolf	CEO, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG	AUT
Senard, Jean-Dominique	CEO, Michelin Group	FRA
Sevelda, Karl	CEO, Raiffeisen Bank International AG	AUT
Stoltenberg, Jens	Secretary General, NATO	INT
Stubb, Alexander	Prime Minister	FIN
Suder, Katrin	Deputy Minister of Defense	DEU
Sutherland, Peter D.	UN Special Representative; Chairman, Goldman Sachs International	IRL
Svanberg, Carl-Henric	Chairman, BP plc; Chairman, AB Volvo	SWE
Svarva, Olaug	CEO, The Government Pension Fund Norway	NOR
Thiel, Peter A.	President, Thiel Capital	USA
Tsoukalis, Loukas	President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy	GRC
Üzümcü, Ahmet	Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	INT
Vitorino, António M.	Partner, Cuetrecasas, Concalves Pereira, RL	PRT
Wallenberg, Jacob	Chairman, Investor AB	SWE
Weber, Vin	Partner, Mercury LLC	USA
Wolf, Martin H.	Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times	GBR
Wolfensohn, James D.	Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company	USA
Zoellick, Robert B.	Chairman, Board of International Advisors, The Goldman Sachs Group	USA