Lorsqu’au milieu des années 2000, on parlait des réunions secrètes de ce groupe occulte extrêmement dangereux, on nous prenait au mieux pour des complotistes, au pire pour des illuminés. Aujourd’hui, ce sont les journaux officiels qui en parlent ouvertement, comme si de rien n’était, comme pour minimiser la portée de ces réunions.
Bien sûr, toute personne saine d’esprit peut comprendre qu’une réunion secrète, se tenant donc à huis clos et interdisant la présence des journalistes, est tout simplement inacceptable. D’autant que depuis les années 50, lorsque ces réunions ont commencé, toutes leurs décisions entraînaient la planète inéluctablement vers la catastrophe. Faudrait vraiment être d’une totale stupidité pour croire que ces gens travaillent pour le bien de l’humanité.
Le groupe de réflexion, qui accueille des personnalités de pouvoir et alimente donc bien des théories de la conspiration, se réunit en Suisse à partir de jeudi.
La réunion annuelle du groupe Bilderberg, fondé en 1954 et destinée à renforcer les relations entre les États-Unis et l’Europe, aura lieu du jeudi 30 mai au dimanche 2 juin à Montreux, en Suisse. Y participeront 130 personnes venus de 23 pays : patrons, experts, consultants, hommes politiques…
Les discussions du groupe restent « off the record » (personne ne peut attribuer un propos à une personne nommée), ce qui alimente bien des théories de la conspiration. Mais le groupe publie la liste des thèmes soumis à la réflexion. Cette année seront mis à l’honneur le Brexit, l’éthique de l’intelligence artificielle, l’importance de l’espace, le changement climatique et le développement durable. Mais la liste des invités a également été publiée…
Sont attendus notamment Jared Kushner, principal conseiller de Donald Trump, le ministre français de l’Économie Bruno Le Maire, le PDG de Crédit-Suisse Tidjane Thiam, le gouverneur de la Banque d’Angleterre Mark Carney et l’ex-PDG de Google Éric Schmidt, le PDG de Total Patrick Pouyanné, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN Jens Stoltenberg, le PDG de Microsoft Satya Nadella, l’ancien secrétaire d’Etat américain Henry Kissinger …Voici la liste complète :
Organisateurs :
- Castries, Henri de (FRA), Chairman, Steering Committee; Chairman, Institut Montaigne
- Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), President, American Friends of Bilderberg Inc.; Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
- Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Chairman Foundation Bilderberg Meetings; Professor of Economics, Leiden University
Participants :
- Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Treasurer Foundation Bilderberg Meetings; Chairman Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
- Abrams, Stacey (USA), Founder and Chair, Fair Fight
- Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Member, House of Lords
- Albers, Isabel (BEL), Editorial Director, De Tijd / L’Echo
- Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore
- Arbour, Louise (CAN), Senior Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Arrimadas, Inés (ESP), Party Leader, Ciudadanos
- Azoulay, Audrey (INT), Director-General, UNESCO
- Baker, James H. (USA), Director, Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Balta, Evren (TUR), Associate Professor of Political Science, Özyegin University
- Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chairwoman and CEO, Temaris & Associés
- Barbot, Estela (PRT), Member of the Board and Audit Committee, REN (Redes Energéticas
- Nacionais)
- Barroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Former President, European Commission
- Barton, Dominic (CAN), Senior Partner and former Global Managing Partner, McKinsey Company
- Beaune, Clément (FRA), Adviser Europe and G20, Office of the President of the Republic of France
- Boos, Hans-Christian (DEU), CEO and Founder, Arago GmbH
- Bostrom, Nick (UK), Director, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
- Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander
- Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), Chairman, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Brende, Børge (NOR), President, World Economic Forum
- Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA
- Buitenweg, Kathalijne (NLD), MP, Green Party
- Caine, Patrice (FRA), Chairman and CEO, Thales Group
- Carney, Mark J. (GBR), Governor, Bank of England
- Casado, Pablo (ESP), President, Partido Popular
- Ceviköz, Ahmet Ünal (TUR), MP, Republican People’s Party (CHP)
- Champagne, François Philippe (CAN), Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
- Cohen, Jared (USA), Founder and CEO, Jigsaw, Alphabet Inc.
- Croiset van Uchelen, Arnold (NLD), Partner, Allen & Overy LLP
- Daniels, Matthew (USA), New space and technology projects, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Davignon, Etienne (BEL), Minister of State
- Demiralp, Selva (TUR), Professor of Economics, Koç University
- Donohoe, Paschal (IRL), Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
- Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer SE
- Ellis, James O. (USA), Chairman, Users’ Advisory Group, National Space Council
- Feltri, Stefano (ITA), Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Il Fatto Quotidiano
- Ferguson, Niall (USA), Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Findsen, Lars (DNK), Director, Danish Defence Intelligence Service
- Fleming, Jeremy (GBR), Director, British Government Communications Headquarters
- Garton Ash, Timothy (GBR), Professor of European Studies, Oxford University
- Gnodde, Richard J. (IRL), CEO, Goldman Sachs International
- Godement, François (FRA), Senior Adviser for Asia, Institut Montaigne
- Grant, Adam M. (USA), Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor « Otto e mezzo », La7 TV
- Hanappi-Egger, Edeltraud (AUT), Rector, Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation; Former European Commissioner
- Henry, Mary Kay (USA), International President, Service Employees International Union
- Hirayama, Martina (CHE), State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation
- Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC
- Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn; Partner, Greylock Partners
- Hoffmann, André (CHE), Vice-Chairman, Roche Holding Ltd.
- Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
- Jost, Sonja (DEU), CEO, DexLeChem
- Kaag, Sigrid (NLD), Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
- Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies
- Kerameus, Niki K. (GRC), MP; Partner, Kerameus & Partners
- Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.
- Koç, Ömer (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
- Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University
- Kramp-Karrenbauer, Annegret (DEU), Leader, CDU
- Krastev, Ivan (BUL), Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies
- Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Kristersson, Ulf (SWE), Leader of the Moderate Party
- Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group
- Kushner, Jared (USA), Senior Advisor to the President, The White House
- Le Maire, Bruno (FRA), Minister of Finance
- Leyen, Ursula von der (DEU), Federal Minster of Defence
- Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group and Umicore
- Liikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chairman, IFRS Trustees; Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
- Lund, Helge (GBR), Chairman, BP plc; Chairman, Novo Nordisk AS
- Maurer, Ueli (CHE), President of the Swiss Federation and Federal Councillor of Finance
- Mazur, Sara (SWE), Director, Investor AB
- McArdle, Megan (USA), Columnist, The Washington Post
- McCaskill, Claire (USA), Former Senator; Analyst, NBC News
- Medina, Fernando (PRT), Mayor of Lisbon
- Micklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP
- Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
- Monzón, Javier (ESP), Chairman, PRISA
- Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates
- Nadella, Satya (USA), CEO, Microsoft
- Netherlands, His Majesty the King of the (NLD)
- Nora, Dominique (FRA), Managing Editor, L’Obs
- O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C.
- Pagoulatos, George (GRC), Vice-President of ELIAMEP, Professor; Athens University of Economics
- Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, TITAN Cement Company S.A.
- Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute
- Pienkowska, Jolanta (POL), Anchor woman, journalist
- Pottinger, Matthew (USA), Senior Director, National Security Council
- Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chairman and CEO, Total S.A.
- Ratas, Jüri (EST), Prime Minister
- Renzi, Matteo (ITA), Former Prime Minister; Senator, Senate of the Italian Republic
- Rockström, Johan (SWE), Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chairman Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Treasury Secretary
- Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister
- Sabia, Michael (CAN), President and CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Sanger, David E. (USA), National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
- Sarts, Janis (INT), Director, NATO StratCom Centre of Excellence
- Sawers, John (GBR), Executive Chairman, Newbridge Advisory
- Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
- Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Technical Advisor, Alphabet Inc.
- Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue
- Seres, Silvija (NOR), Independent Investor
- Shafik, Minouche (GBR), Director, The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), MP, European Parliament
- Singer, Peter Warren (USA), Strategist, New America
- Sitti, Metin (TUR), Professor, Koç University; Director, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
- Snyder, Timothy (USA), Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University
- Solhjell, Bård Vegar (NOR), CEO, WWF – Norway
- Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO
- Suleyman, Mustafa (GBR), Co-Founder, Deepmind
- Supino, Pietro (CHE), Publisher and Chairman, Tamedia Group
- Teuteberg, Linda (DEU), General Secretary, Free Democratic Party
- Thiam, Tidjane (CHE), CEO, Credit Suisse Group AG
- Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital
- Trzaskowski, Rafal (POL), Mayor of Warsaw
- Tucker, Mark (GBR), Group Chairman, HSBC Holding plc
- Tugendhat, Tom (GBR), MP, Conservative Party
- Turpin, Matthew (USA), Director for China, National Security Council
- Uhl, Jessica (NLD), CFO and Exectuive Director, Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Vestergaard Knudsen, Ulrik (DNK), Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
- Walker, Darren (USA), President, Ford Foundation
- Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
- Wolf, Martin H. (GBR), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
- Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), Chief Revenue Officer, WarnerMedia
- Zetsche, Dieter (DEU), Former Chairman, Daimler AG
Photo d’illustration : Vue de Montreux (Suisse), où se déroulera le sommet Bilderberg 2019. (PHILIPPE ROY / Aurimages)
28 mai 2019
