Why is Bilderberg Group considered a talking shop?
The Bilderberg group The Bilderberg group of the world’s elite, currently meeting in northern Italy and celebrating its 50th anniversary, casts an extensive shadow on the net. 1. At the annual meetings of the Bilderberg group, a clique of some of the world’s most powerful people scheme and plot, carving up the globe for themselves, while occasionally cackling like Dr Evil in Mike Myers’ Austin Powers films. 2. That, at least, is the view of the conspiracy theorists, whose opinions are widely expressed on the internet. Indeed, the web positively crackles with Bilderberg-related websites, (although of course there is no official site by the organisers). 3. Those who run Bilderberg’s annual four-day meetings, and some of the people who have been to them, insist that there is nothing sinister going on. The official line is that the meetings are no more than useful forums, talking shops for prominent people from various influential spheres (politics, business, royalty … ) to chew the fat