Secretive group of the global elite gather in Turin for latest Bilderberg Group meeting

The annual meeting of the secretive Bilderberg group of 130 carefully selected members of the political and business elite gets underway today in Turin.

The theme of this years discussions in Turin will be populism in Europe and there will also be talks on ‘Russia’, ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘The ‘post-truth’ world’.

Participants in year the summit include the King of the Netherlands, the secretary general of NATO Jens Stoltenberg and the secretary of state of the Vatican,

Former chancellor George Osborne is among those attending the Bilderberg group 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (pictured in Brussels yesterday) is on the guest list

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (pictured in Brussels yesterday) is on the guest list

The Prime Minsters of Holland, Belgium, Serbia and Estonia will be there as well as the the Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain and Turkey, will be in the Italian city for the 66th annual policy get together. 

Oil companies will turn out in force this year with senior executives of BP, Total and Shell are all in Turin for the talks along with the bosses of Google, Vodafone, Lazard, Santander, Airbus and Wall Street investment giant KKR

Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, along with his Dutch counterpart, the head of the Bank of the Netherlands Klaas Knot will represent the world of public finance. 

The Director General of DGSE, the French intelligence service will be there along with with formed CIA director of the , and the former head of MI6, John Sawers, now a board member of BP.

The 95-year-old Henry Kissinger is also on the participant list.

Former chancellor George Osborne turned journalist and former Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, will also be at the summit.

The controversial conference, which was founded in 1954 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, is organised by the steering committee, which meets every autumn and spring, and is currently chaired by the Vice-Chairman of Nestlé, Henri de Castries.

General David Petraeus (file photo), the former CIA Director, will also make the trip to Turin

General David Petraeus (file photo), the former CIA Director, will also make the trip to Turin

The Italian city of Turin (file pic) is the latest venue to host the secretive meeting

The Italian city of Turin (file pic) is the latest venue to host the secretive meeting

Funds for the conference come via a registered charity called ‘The Bilderberg Association’ funded by corporations such as BP and Goldman Sachs. 

The conference is a forum for informal discussions about major issues facing the world and the meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule.

That states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speakers nor any other participant may be revealed.

But over the years the group has come under criticism for the secretive nature of its meetings and has become the focus of conspiracy theories.



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