C’est Montreux qui accueille cette année la réunion du groupe Bilderberg, meeting de happy few censés réfléchir sur le partenariat transatlantique depuis 1954.
Dans un savant mélange des genres, politiques, futurs présidents, conseillers, journalistes, militaires et chefs d’entreprises se rencontrent pour parler de l’ordre mondial et des ennemis communs, pour maintenir le dialogue entre Rome et les marges de l’Empire.
C’est lors d’une de ces réunions qu’a été inventé par exemple le terme de «world company» et bien loin d’organiser une gouvernance mondiale, comme le fantasment les cercles complotistes, la conférence du Bilderberg organise une aimable conversation entre gens du même monde à peu près d’accord sur tout. Pas de débat enflammé donc, mais un entre-soi rassurant pour une élite déconnectée et anxieuse de rater certains courants souterrains de la géopolitique mondiale et prête à partager des tutos «comment garder le pouvoir en temps de crise».
La constante de cette réunion transatlantique : trouver l’avenir au capitalisme, contrer l’ennemi russe (et chinois) et assurer la domination nord-américaine sur le bloc «libre» par une coopération de la dépendance.
On y croise cette année le patron de Palantir, Bruno Le Maire, le gendre de Trump, la dauphine d’Angela Merkel, un proche conseiller d’Emannuel Macron aux affaires européennes, Henry Kissinger, le leader de Ciudadanos, le patron de Total et bien d’autres.
Côté français, Christine Lagarde et Patricia Barbizet sont des habituées, mais on y a aussi invité lors d’éditions précédentes Emmanuel Macron en 2014, Édouard Philippe en 2016, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Manuel Valls, Valérie Pécresse ou François Fillon.
Environ deux tiers des participants viennent d’Europe et le reste d’Amérique du nord.
Les sujets pour cette année sont :
1. A Stable Strategic Order (Un ordre stable stratégique)
2. What Next for Europe? (Quel avenir pour l’Europe ?)
3. Climate Change and Sustainability (Changement climatique et durabilité)
4. China (Chine)
5. Russia (Russie)
6. The Future of Capitalism (Le futur du capitalisme)
7. Brexit
8. The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (L’éthique de l’intelligence artificielle)
9. The Weaponisation of Social Media (L’utilisation des réseaux sociaux comme une arme)
10. The Importance of Space (L’importance de l’espace)
11. Cyber Threats (Cyber menaces)
Voici la liste complète, fournie par l’organisation :
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, Linkedln ; 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