Three Greeks are participating in this year’s Bilderberg Meeting that is taking place in Dresden, Germany, June 9-12, with main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis among them.
Along with the New Democracy president, Greece is represented by two top executives of the business world, namely George Logothetis, Chairman and CEO of Libra Group, and Dimitris Papalexopoulos, CEO of Titan Cement Company.
Other participants of the total 125 include International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, Henry Kissinger, German Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maiziere, German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schaeuble, Swedish Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Borge Brende, Canadian Colonel Astronaut Chris Hadfield and other politicians, business executives, university professors and journalists.
The topics to be discussed in the 2016 meeting are:
1)Current events; 2)China; 3)Europe: migration, growth, reform, vision, unity; 4) Middle East; 5) Russia; 6)US political landscape, economy: growth, debt, reform; 7) Cyber security; 8)Geo-politics of energy and commodity prices; 9) Precariat and middle class; 10) Technological innovation
The Bilderberg is an annual forum for informal discussions, designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Since its inauguration in 1954, every year between 120-150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media are invited to take part in the meeting. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; one third from politics and government and the rest from other fields.
The participants hold informal discussions about megatrends and major issues facing the world. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed. Thanks to the private nature of the meeting, the participants are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights. There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.
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