IMAGE: Photo composite from image by Charlie Skelton (Twitter)
This year’s Bilderberg Meeting looks as big and as bold as ever, as transatlantic elites arrive In Turin, Italy this week to discuss the Atlanticist global agenda for the coming year and beyond.
Founded in 1954 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (a former member of the Nazi Party), the annual meeting is described by the organization itself as “an annual forum for informal discussions, designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.”
Journalist and veteran Bilderberg correspondent, Charlie Skelton, has been on the ground covering Bilderberg this week for The Guardian and other news outlets, as well as surveying this year’s somewhat predictable conclave of globalists administrators and corporate monopolists:
“Like Kissinger, Bilderberg shows no signs of slowing down or complacency. Its recent flirtation with artificial intelligence and Silicon Valley seems to have blossomed into a full-blown affair. This year a Twitter board member, Patrick Pichette, has got the nod, and returning for the second time is Divesh Makan, who has links to Mark Zuckerberg and whose clients include Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder and Bilderberg veteran.”
Also reporting for Newsweek, Skelton further explains the international scope of the event, and its highly controlled PR apparatus:
“If you’re a fan of elite policy conferences, then this is your lucky weekend. The political planets have aligned, and the two most important meetings of the year are taking place at the same time: The G7 summit in Quebec and the Bilderberg conference in Turin. Both are heavily guarded, influential affairs; both are attended by prime ministers with government staff and both will tackle some of the most pressing issues of the day. But that’s pretty much where the similarity ends. One of them is surrounded by about 4,000 journalists, feeding hungrily off the multi-million dollar PR operation that tosses them constant juicy press releases and footage from the event. The other is surrounded by scowling Italian police who tell you to delete your photos if you get too close to the security cordon.”
Skelton aptly describes the annual globalist confab as the “Superbowl of Corporate Lobbying”:
“The Bilderberg conference is the Super Bowl of corporate lobbying. It’s where the heads of giant corporations get to chew over policy with the policymakers; where the billionaire owners of colossal conglomerates get to mingle with ministers in glorious privacy.”
As usual, Bilderberg’s guestlist is a who’s who of the top positions of control across all majority sectors in the transatlantic establishment:
#Bilderberg2018 a fascinating & high-powered list: Sec Gen #NATO; Gov Banks of England/Holland; Pres of Davos; 4 PMs, 2 Deputy PMs, the Dutch King and Henry Kissinger. CEOs of Shell, Airbus, Vodafone, Total. https://t.co/IhtVooq797 Background: https://t.co/2XQyi5VyKs #Bilderberg
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 5, 2018
More shockingly however, is that this is the first year in which the Vatican has dispatched a delegation to the Bilderberg meeting, with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, scheduled to meet with “130 carefully selected individuals” at this year’s private conference (and likely not for confessions).
Apparently, this year’s agenda sees elites somewhat under siege from perceived threats by the proverbial unwashed masses, such as the rise of “populism” in both the US and Europe, and too many suffering from “inequality”, followed by a predictable list of familiar mainstream talking points. This year’s agenda is as follows:
so the bankers & billionaires at this year's #Bilderberg will be debating "The inequality challenge". I guess the challenge is, how can we possibly make it more unequal? Full agenda here: https://t.co/hUAZPy8UM8 #Bilderberg2018, Turin, June 7-10 pic.twitter.com/YvDxmx0m8z
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 5, 2018
Bilderberg’s current boss, banking mogul Henri de Castries, arriving for this week’s meetings in Turin, Italy:
the Bilderboss himself, the ever suave Henri de Castries (Vice-Chairman, Nestlé; Director, HSBC). He chairs #Bilderberg's steering committee. More details: https://t.co/PUulswjZOh #Bilderberg2018 pic.twitter.com/XOsWSlt3T4
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 8, 2018
Britain’s newest tabloid mogul and propagandist, George Osbourne, now a regular Bilderberg fixture, arriving in Italy to help grease the wheels of corporate progress and represent to the interests of the City of London:
here's George Osborne, the cash-for-content editor of @EveningStandard, looking suitably shifty as he arrives at #Bilderberg ➜ "Is Osborne going to be inking some juicy cash-for-content deals in Turin?" https://t.co/1lKETKeFpi @standardnews #Google pic.twitter.com/6jl0x9J5XS
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 8, 2018
Bilderbergers have reserved the elite NH Lingotto Hotel in Turin for the week’s events:
things seem to be taking shape for #Bilderberg summit at the NH Lingotto Hotel in #Turin: privacy awnings for the shy politicians & coy billionaires. Conference scheduled June 7-10. Background info: https://t.co/2XQyi5VyKs (Photos by Josh https://t.co/ZzFYRNCaDh) #Bilderberg2018 pic.twitter.com/ddgyl3w00g
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 5, 2018
Skelton also explains to the intense security at Bilderberg, and the lack of any journalist access other than appointed embeds:
“In my 10 years of covering Bilderberg I’ve never had a gun pulled on me, but I’ve been surrounded by a circle of yelling cops, been taken out of my room by armed police at 1 am and made to stand under a searchlight for half an hour, and I’ve tussled with an undercover Greek policeman in the Athens underground. It’s been fun.”
“The G7 pampers its vast army of reporters with free food and booze. At Bilderberg, the only journalists who get a free buffet are the ones actually taking part in the conference. Every year, a select group of friendly columnists and editors are invited to attend Bilderberg.”
Here we can see the usual heavy security contingent that follows the Atlanticist luminaries during their evening wining and dining tours and special parties:
when #Bilderberg goes out for dinner, they travel with a small army of security. Bilderberg is a summit important enough to merit a vast security operation (including the actual army), not important enough for mainstream news organisations to send a reporter. Pic, @goldenfiligree pic.twitter.com/uAae1TF3GD
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 9, 2018
Bilderberg top table operative, Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference, arrives to discuss European war plan for Russia, Iran and other lucrative initiatives:
another war expert: #Bilderberg veteran Wolfgang Ischinger. Chairman, Munich Security Conference (world’s largest forum on international security policy). In Turin to discuss Russia, Saudi Arabia & Iran with #Nato Sec. Gen. Stoltenberg & German defence minister, von der Leyen. pic.twitter.com/TedCzDd9Fu
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 9, 2018
Here is French spook chief, Bernard Émié, making his way from the airport to the lavish settings at NH Lingotto Congress Hotel in Turin:
arriving at #BIlderberg 2018: France's top spook, the diplomat Bernard Émié, head of DGSE [Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure] the French equivalent of MI6/CIA https://t.co/IJOQmcSjE4 (NB the former head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, is on the #Bilderberg steering committee) pic.twitter.com/wPznY3CGSh
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 7, 2018
Once again, the dominance and control of Artificial Intelligence systems and harnessing Big Data is at the top of this year’s discussion list at Bilderberg, represented by Silicon Valley operative, Alex Karp, here in Turin to receive his orders for the coming year from European and American elites:
Alex Karp, the CEO of #CIA-backed Palantir, arriving at #Bilderberg. He's one to watch. The qì gōng loving protégé of Peter Thiel recently picked up a directorship of Axel Springer (run by fellow #Bilderberg steering committee member, Mathias Döpfner). Photo: @Smallaxmedia pic.twitter.com/29Tml7cH9g
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 8, 2018
Here is top UK cabinet official, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, meeting in secret behind closed doors with global heads of finance, politics and industry to discuss policies, laws and corporate dictates which will be descending down on the public in the coming years:
Amber Rudd, the former Home Secretary, arrives at #Bilderberg. The perfect place to lick her wounds & pick up some powerful friends. She arrived in Turin with George Osborne [was previously his Parliamentary Private Secretary]. https://t.co/5GkQGRPSj0 pic.twitter.com/gIV56qgkAM
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 8, 2018
Arch-warhawk and military industrial mandarin, Michael Horowitz, touched down in Turin before the weekend.
#AI/war wonk Michael C. Horowitz (@mchorowitz) enjoying a slap-up dinner after a busy day @ #Bilderberg. Council on Foreign Relations + a fellow at Victoria Nuland’s ‘Center for a New American Security’ (think tank for Pentagon / State Dept / intel folk) https://t.co/tchdWRhOes pic.twitter.com/ZcLQkCLOd4
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 9, 2018
And bringing up the rear in this year’s line-up is American Neocon journalist and anti-Russia campaigner, Anne Applebaum, probably facing east:
I appreciate this isn't the world's most sophisticated bargaining tactic, but I'm considering posting up photos of Anne Applebaum's bottom until #Bilderberg agrees to hold a press conference. (Sorry @anneapplebaum. Perhaps @sikorskiradek you could step up & speak to the press?) pic.twitter.com/6CqzNa4WrT
— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 9, 2018
Here is the full list of ‘official’ attendee for this year’s 2018 Bilderberg Meeting in Turin:
CHAIRMAN STEERING COMMITTEE
Castries, Henri de (FRA), Chairman, Institut Montaigne
PARTICIPANTS
Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG; Treasurer, Bilderberg Meetings
Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group
Alesina, Alberto (ITA), Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore
Amorim, Paula (PRT), Chairman, Américo Amorim Group
Anglade, Dominique (CAN), Deputy Premier of Quebec; Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation
Applebaum, Anne (POL), Columnist, Washington Post; Professor of Practice, London School of Economics
Azoulay, Audrey (INT), Director-General, UNESCO
Baker, James H. (USA), Director, Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), President, Temaris & Associés
Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Former President, European Commission
Beerli, Christine (CHE), Former Vice-President, International Committee of the Red Cross
Berx, Cathy (BEL), Governor, Province of Antwerp
Beurden, Ben van (NLD), CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
Blanquer, Jean-Michel (FRA), Minister of National Education, Youth and Community Life
Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Group Executive Chairman, Banco Santander
Bouverot, Anne (FRA), Board Member; Former CEO, Morpho
Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
Brende, Børge (INT), President, World Economic Forum
Brennan, Eamonn (IRL), Director General, Eurocontrol
Brnabic, Ana (SRB), Prime Minister
Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Burwell, Sylvia M. (USA), President, American University
Caracciolo, Lucio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, Limes
Carney, Mark J. (GBR), Governor, Bank of England
Cattaneo, Elena (ITA), Director, Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, University of Milan
Cazeneuve, Bernard (FRA), Partner, August Debouzy; Former Prime Minister
Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, El País
Champagne, François-Philippe (CAN), Minister of International Trade
Cohen, Jared (USA), Founder and CEO, Jigsaw at Alphabet Inc.
Colao, Vittorio (ITA), CEO, Vodafone Group
Cook, Charles (USA), Political Analyst, The Cook Political Report
Dagdeviren, Canan (TUR), Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab
Donohoe, Paschal (IRL), Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer SE
Ecker, Andrea (AUT), Secretary General, Office Federal President of Austria
Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Émié, Bernard (FRA), Director General, Ministry of the Armed Forces
Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE
Fallows, James (USA), Writer and Journalist
Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA
Ferguson, Niall (USA), Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Fischer, Stanley (USA), Former Vice-Chairman, Federal Reserve; Former Governor, Bank of Israel
Gilvary, Brian (GBR), Group CFO, BP plc
Goldstein, Rebecca (USA), Visiting Professor, New York University
Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV
Hajdarowicz, Greg (POL), Founder and President, Gremi International Sarl
Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Chairman Foundation Bilderberg Meetings; Professor of Economics, Leiden University
Hassabis, Demis (GBR), Co-Founder and CEO, DeepMind
Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation; Former European Commissioner
Helgesen, Vidar (NOR), Ambassador for the Ocean
Herlin, Antti (FIN), Chairman, KONE Corporation
Hickenlooper, John (USA), Governor of Colorado
Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC
Hodgson, Christine (GBR), Chairman, Capgemini UK plc
Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn; Partner, Greylock Partners
Horowitz, Michael C. (USA), Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Hwang, Tim (USA), Director, Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative
Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference
Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard
Kaag, Sigrid (NLD), Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies
Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.
Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), CEO, NEOM
Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank
Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
Köcher, Renate (DEU), Managing Director, Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research
Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University
Kragic, Danica (SWE), Professor, School of Computer Science and Communication, KTH
Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR
Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; President, American Friends of Bilderberg
Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
Lepomäki, Elina (FIN), MP, National Coalition Party
Leyen, Ursula von der (DEU), Federal Minster of Defence
Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group
Makan, Divesh (USA), CEO, ICONIQ Capital
Mazzucato, Mariana (ITA), Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London
Mead, Walter Russell (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
Michel, Charles (BEL), Prime Minister
Micklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP
Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Mitsotakis, Kyriakos (GRC), President, New Democracy Party
Mota, Isabel (PRT), President, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Moyo, Dambisa F. (USA), Global Economist and Author
Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates
Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)
Neven, Hartmut (USA), Director of Engineering, Google Inc.
Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C.
O’Neill, Onora (GBR), Emeritus Honorary Professor in Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard
Özkan, Behlül (TUR), Associate Professor in International Relations, Marmara University
Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Company S.A.
Parolin, H.E. Pietro (VAT), Cardinal and Secretary of State
Patino, Bruno (FRA), Chief Content Officer, Arte France TV
Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute
Pichette, Patrick (CAN), General Partner, iNovia Capital
Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chairman and CEO, Total S.A.
Pring, Benjamin (USA), Co-Founder and Managing Director, Center for the Future of Work
Rankka, Maria (SWE), CEO, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Ratas, Jüri (EST), Prime Minister
Rendi-Wagner, Pamela (AUT), MP; Former Minister of Health
Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party
Rossi, Salvatore (ITA), Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Italy
Rubesa, Baiba A. (LVA), CEO, RB Rail AS
Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chairman Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Treasury Secretary
Rudd, Amber (GBR), MP; Former Secretary of State, Home Department
Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister
Sabia, Michael (CAN), President and CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Sadjadpour, Karim (USA), Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Sáenz de Santamaría, Soraya (ESP), Deputy Prime Minister
Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners
Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy
Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor
Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue
Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Simsek, Mehmet (TUR), Deputy Prime Minister
Skartveit, Hanne (NOR), Political Editor, Verdens Gang
Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO
Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University
Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital
Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S
Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
Woods, Ngaire (GBR), Dean, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University
Yetkin, Murat (TUR), Editor-in-chief, Hürriyet Daily News
Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International
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