El influyente Club Bilderberg se reúne desde hoy en Sitges

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El influyente Club Bilderberg se reúne desde hoy en Sitges

La Reina Sofía acude a la cita de esta organización formada por jefes de Estado, presidentes de empresas y banqueros

PERE LOBATO / AGENCIAS - Sitges / Barcelona - 03/06/2010


El hotel Dolce de Sitges es esta mañana el centro de muchas miradas, por la importancia de los clientes que se hospedan en él,aunque es muy poco lo que se puede ver de él. Los Mossos d'Esquadra han desplegado un amplio dispositivo de seguridad alrededor del hotel, cortando la carretera que da acceso a la zona de Can Girona, donde se encuentra el centro hotelero. El Club Bilderberg, que agrupa a presidentes de empresas, bancos, jefes de Estado, miembros de las monarquías europeas y a las personas más influyentes del mundo, se reúnen aquí para debatir temas económicos y políticos sin hacer públicas sus conclusiones. A la reunión se espera la asistencia, entre otros, de la Reina Sofía y del presidente del Gobierno español, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, que también ha sido invitado a las jornadas donde se debaten temas económicos y políticos sin hacer públicas las conclusiones.

Sofía de Grecia. Reina de España
A FONDO
Nacimiento:
02-11-1938
Lugar:
Atenas

Jaap De Hoop Scheffer
A FONDO
Nacimiento:
03-04-1948
Lugar:
Amsterdam

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
A FONDO
Nacimiento:
04-08-1960
Lugar:
Valladolid
El puñado de curiosos y los muchos periodistas que están cubriendo el encuentro se tienen que conformar con estar a 500 metros del Dolce. Durante la mañana, se han podido ver coches de lujo llegar a la zona, con los cristales tintados para garantizar la discreción de sus ocupantes. Los pocos vecinos que residen cerca, que tienen prohibido estar en la zona con cámaras de vídeo o fotográficas, tampoco se han dejado ver. Para ir a sus casas tienen que estar acreditados, y no pueden recibir visitas. Fuentes de la cadena hotelera han señalado que no pueden "confirmar ni desmentir" la presencia de personalidades durante estos días aunque sí han admitido que el recinto se encuentra cerrado al público hasta el próximo domingo.
Los que sí han empezado a dejarse ver han sido losantisistema. Medio centenar de ellos se han concentrado en el punto en el que los mossosy la Policía Local cortan el paso. Los antidisturbios han actuado para ponerlos tras las vallas de seguridad que se han instalado. Para esta tarde está prevista una concentración en contra de la presencia del Club Bildelberg en la localidad. El hotel Dolce Sitges es el más lujoso y nuevo de los muchos que hay en Sitges, en el espacio natural del Colls. Precisamente, estos días trabajan aquí un equipo de personal de un plan ocupacional de mantenimiento forestal, a los que hoy se les ha dado fiesta debido a la celebración del encuentro.
El Club Bilderberg celebra anualmente una conferencia privada durante varios días con más de un centenar de destacados dirigentes mundiales e influyentes personalidades de diversos sectores, que asisten sólo por invitación. El encuentro, que cada año se celebra en un país distinto, es privado y casi secreto, y la discreción sobre lo que se habla es total. La Reina asiste este año una vez más, como ya hizo en la reunión de 2009, que tuvo lugar en la capital de su país natal, Atenas (Grecia), y también en ocasiones anteriores.
Asistentes españoles
Entre los miembros españoles que suelen acudir anualmente a la convocaoria de este exclusivo grupo se encuentran el consejero delegado del grupo PRISA, Juan Luis Cebrián, el presidente de Acciona, José Manuel Entrecanales, o el ex ministro de Economía Pedro Solbes. Entre el resto de invitados que se esperan están la Reina Beatriz de Holanda; el director de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, Pascal Lamy; el presidente del Banco Central Europeo, Jean Claude Trichet; el ex secretario general de la OTAN, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, según varios medios nacionales e internacionales
La primera conferencia del club tuvo lugar en el Hotel Bilderberg, cerca de Arnhem (Países Bajos), el 29 y 30 de mayo de 1954. Entre los principales impulsores figuran el ex ministro belga Paul Van Zeeland, el príncipe Bernardo de Holanda y el judío polaco y asesor político Joseph Retinger. Otros asistentes activos son el estadounidense Donald Rumsfeld, el irlandés Peter Shuderland o el ex presidente del Banco Mundial Paul Wolfowitz.
Listado en inglés de los asistentes a las reuniones del club Bilderberg (Wikipedia)
List of Bilderberg participants
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of prominent persons who have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list and it includes both living and deceased people. Where known, the year(s) they attended are denoted in brackets.
Contents
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• 1 Royalty
• 2 Politics
o 2.1 United States
 2.1.1 Presidents
 2.1.2 Senators
 2.1.3 Governors
o 2.2 United Kingdom
 2.2.1 Prime Ministers
o 2.3 Belgium
o 2.4 Netherlands
o 2.5 France
o 2.6 Portugal
o 2.7 Finland
o 2.8 Iceland
o 2.9 Germany
o 2.10 Poland
o 2.11 Canada
o 2.12 Sweden
o 2.13 EU Commissioners
o 2.14 UN, WTO, NATO and other International Organizations
• 3 Military
• 4 Financial institutions
• 5 Major corporations
• 6 University, institute and other academic
• 7 Media
• 8 References

[edit]Royalty
 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000)[1][2]
 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954, 1975)[3][4]
 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom (1986)[5][6]
 Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)[7]
 Prince Philippe, Prince of Belgium (2007)[8]
 Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1965, 1967)[9][10]
 Queen Sofía of Spain[11]
[edit]Politics
[edit]United States


Map of countries by the number of politicians, which have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group
 George W. Ball (1954, 1993),[12] Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968
 Sandy Berger (1999),[13] National Security Advisor, 1997–2001
 Hillary Rodham Clinton,[14] 67th United States Secretary of State
 Timothy Geithner,[15] Treasury Secretary
 Lee H. Hamilton (1997),[1] former US Congressman
 Christian Herter,[16] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State
 Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960),[17] Special Assistant to the President
 Joseph E. Johnson[18] (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 Henry Kissinger[19] (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008),[20] 56th United States Secretary of State
 Colin Powell (1997),[1] 65th United States Secretary of State
 Condoleezza Rice,[14] 66th United States Secretary of State
 Lawrence Summers,[15] Director of the National Economic Council
 Paul Volcker,[15] Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987
[edit]Presidents
 Bill Clinton (1991),[21][22] President 1993-2001
 Gerald Ford (1964, 1966),[3][23] President 1974-1977
[edit]Senators
 Tom Daschle,[14] Senator from South Dakota 1987-2005
 John Edwards (2004),[24][25] Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005
 Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000),[26] Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009
 Sam Nunn (1996, 1997),[1] Senator from Georgia 1972-1997
[edit]Governors
 Rick Perry (2007),[27] Governor of Texas 2000-current
 Mark Sanford (2008),[28] Governor of South Carolina
[edit]United Kingdom
 Paddy Ashdown (1989),[29] former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Ed Balls (2006),[30] former Economic Secretary to the Treasury and advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and was Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)
 Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Steering Committee member) ,[31] former Foreign Secretary
 Kenneth Clarke (1993,[32] 1998,[33] 1999,[34] 2003,[35] 2004,[36] 2006,[37] 2008),[38][39] Chancellor of the Exchequer 1993-1997, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2008-2010, Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice 2010-current
 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne) (1997),[1] Leader of the House of Lords 94-97
 Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),[40]) former Head of Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member),[31] former Chancellor of the Exchequer
 Peter Mandelson (1999,,[41] 2009[42] Business Secretary (2008–2010)
 John Monks (1996),[43] former TUC General Secretary
 George Osborne (2006,[44] 2007,[44] 2008[45] 2009[46]) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004–2010), Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010-current
 David Owen (1982),[47] former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party
 Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968),[48] MP and Ulster Unionist
 Malcolm Rifkind (1996),[43] former Foreign Secretary
 Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee),[49] Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman
 John Smith (1989) (deceased),[50] Labour Party leader
[edit]Prime Ministers
 Tony Blair (1993),[21][32] Prime Minister 1997-2007
 Gordon Brown (1991),[22] Prime Minister 2007- 2010
 Edward Heath,[3] Prime Minister 1970-1974
 Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980),[51] Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963-1964
 Margaret Thatcher (1975),[52] Prime Minister 1979-1990
[edit]Belgium
 Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister[53] (1963)
[edit]Netherlands
 Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister[54]
 Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister[54]
 Jan-Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister[54]
[edit]France
 Gaston Defferre (1964),[55] member of National Assembly and mayor of Marseille (at the time)
 Georges Pompidou, Former Prime Minister of France, Former President of the French Republic[54]
[edit]Portugal
 Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983–1985, 1987–2008),[8] former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981–1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
[edit]Finland
 Eero Heinäluoma (2006),[56] former Chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party and he was the Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2007
 Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009),[57][58] chairman of Finnish National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) and the current Minister of Finance
 Sauli Niinistö (1997),[1] former Minister of Finance (Finland), Speaker of Parliament
 Matti Vanhanen (2009),[58] Prime Minister chairman of (Suomen Keskusta)
[edit]Iceland
 Bjarni Benediktsson[59] (1965, 1970 etc.),[60] Mayor of Reykjavík 1940-47, Foreign Minister 1947-55, editor of The Morning Paper 1956-59, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1959-63, Prime Minister1963-70
 Björn Bjarnason[59] (1974, 1977),[61] Assistant editor of The Morning Paper 1984-1991, Minister of Education 1995-2002, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 2003, 2009
 Davíð Oddsson[59] (ca. 1991-1999), Mayor of Reykjavík 1982-1991, Prime Minister 1991-2004, Foreign Minister 2004-2005, Central Bank governor 2005-2009, editor of The Morning Paper as of September 2009
 Einar Benediktsson[59] (ca. 1970), ambassador: OECD 1956-60, UK 1982-1986, European Union et al. 1986-1991, NATO 1986-1990, United States et al. 1993-1997, etc.[62]
 Geir Haarde,[63] Central Bank economist 1977-1983, member and chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee 1991-1998, Minister of Finance 1998-2005, Foreign Minister 2005-2006, Prime Minister2006-2009
 Geir Hallgrímsson[59] (ca. 1974-1977[61],[64] 1980[65]), Mayor of Reykjavík 1959-72, Prime Minister 1974-78, Foreign Minister 1983-1986, Central Bank governor 1986-1990
 Hörður Sigurgestsson,[59] former CEO of shipping line Eimskip, former chairman and CFO of Icelandair[66]
 Jón Sigurðsson[59] (1993), IMF Board of Directors 1974-1987, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1987-88, Industry and Commerce 1988-93, Central Bank governor 1993-94, Nordic Investment Bankgovernor 1994-2005[67]
[edit]Germany
 Guido Westerwelle (2007),[68] Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
 Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor[3]
[edit]Poland
 Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group[4][69]
[edit]Canada
 Jean Chretien (1996),[43] Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003
 Stephen Harper (2003),[70] Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-current
 Mike Harris,[70] Premier of Ontario 1995-2002
 Bernard Lord,[70] Premier of New Brunswick 1999-2006
 Paul Martin (1996),[43] Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
 Frank McKenna (2006),[71] Canadian Ambassador to the United States 2005-2006, Premier of New Brunswick 1987-1997
[edit]Sweden
 Carl Bildt (2006),[72] (2008),[72] (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006-
 Anders Borg (2007),[72] Minister of Finance 2006-
 Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978),[20] Prime Minister 1976-1978
 Maud Olofsson [2008),[72] Minister of Industry 2006-
 Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006),[72] Prime Minister 2006-
[edit]EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
 Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003),[73] former European Commissioner
 Pascal Lamy (2003)[73]
 Peter Mandelson (1999),[41] (2009),[42] former European Commissioner for Trade 2004-2008
[edit]UN, WTO, NATO and other International Organizations
 Alexander Haig (1978),[20] NATO Commander 1974-1979 (US Secretary of State 1981-1982)
 Lyman Lemnitzer (1963),[53] Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963-1969
[edit]Military
 Colin Gubbins[74] (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE
[edit]Financial institutions
 Ben Bernanke (2008,[28] 2009),[42] Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
 Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President[54]
 Gordon Richardson,[75](1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England
 William J McDonough (1997),[1] former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 Jean-Claude Trichet (2009),[76] President of the European Central Bank 2003-current
 Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997),[1] former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
 Siegmund Warburg (1977)[75]
[edit]Major corporations
 Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997,[1] 2001), former CEO of ASEA
 Michel Bon,[77] former CEO of France Telecom
 Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997,[1] 2004), Chief Executive BP
 Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,[78] IBM Chairman
 H. J. Heinz II (1954),[18] CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
 André Lévy-Lang, (French)[77] former CEO of Paribas
 Jorma Ollila (1997,[1] 2005, 2008), Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
 Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unilever[54]
 Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997),[1] 1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
 Hans Stråberg (2006),[72] CEO of Electrolux
 Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997,[1] 2005), former Chairman of BP
 Martin Taylor[1] (1993–1996,[43] 1997), former CEO, Barclays
 Otto Wolff von Amerongen,[1] Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
 Jacob Wallenberg (2006),[72] Chairman of Investor AB
[edit]University, institute and other academic
 C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997),[1] President, Peterson Institute
 Thierry de Montbrial,[77] Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
[edit]Media
 Nicolas Beytout, (French)[77] Editor of Le Figaro (France)
 Conrad Black (1981, 1983, 1985–1996)[43](1997),[79] Hollinger International, Inc., now in prison
 William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996),[80] columnist and founder of National Review
 Will Hutton[21] (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
 Andrew Knight (1996),[31][43] journalist, editor, and media baron
 George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997),[43] Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent
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