Wie auf der offiziellen Webseite der Bilderberg-Gruppe bestätigt, findet das diesjährige Treffen vom 12. bis 15. Juni 2025 in Stockholm statt – unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit, versteht sich. Über 120 hochkarätige Teilnehmer aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Militär und Medien wurden eingeladen, darunter auch „Tech Leader“, NATO-Funktionäre und Minister aus EU-Ländern. Transparenz? Fehlanzeige.Die Agenda ist so schwammig wie eh und je: Künstliche Intelligenz, geopolitische Umwälzungen, wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen – alles irgendwie wichtig, aber nichts Konkretes. Keine Protokolle, keine Livestreams, keine kritischen Fragen. Während gewöhnliche Bürger um ihre Existenz kämpfen, tüfteln die Eliten im Verborgenen an der nächsten „Zukunft“.Ein paar der prominentesten Namen sind u.a. : Peter Thiel, der Chef von Palantir, Spitzenkräfte von Google und Microsoft, Militärstrategen und Geheimdienstler – ein Who’s who der globalen Strippenzieher. Und natürlich ist auch die EU-Kommission vertreten, damit Brüssel beim Umsetzen nicht lange fragen muss.Aus Deutschland sind Springer CEO Döpfner, die Klöcknerin, SPD-Klingbeil, Deutsche Bank Chef Sewing, die neue Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche und vielleicht besonders interessant – der Mitbegründer und CO-CEO der KI-Firma Helsing GmBH, Gundbert Scherf. Da geht also noch was in Deutschland.Was dort wirklich besprochen wird? Wer weiß das schon – wir dürfen ja nicht zuhören.Die GästelisteStockholm, 12 – 15 JuneAbrams, Stacey (USA), CEO, Sage Works ProductionAlbuquerque, Maria Luís (INT), European Commissioner Financial Services and the Savings and Investments UnionAlcázar Benjumea, Diego del (ESP), CEO, IE UniversityAlverà, Marco (ITA), Co-Founder, zhero.net; CEO TESAndersson, Magdalena (SWE), Leader, Social Democratic PartyApplebaum, Anne (USA), Staff Writer, The AtlanticAttal, Gabriel (FRA), Former Prime MinisterAuchincloss, Murray (CAN), CEO, BP plcBaker, James H. (USA), Former Director, Office of Net Assessment, Department of DefenseBarbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chair and CEO, Temaris & Associés SASBarroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chair International Advisors, Goldman Sachs InternationalBaudson, Valérie (FRA), CEO, Amundi SABeleza, Leonor (PRT), President, Champalimaud FoundationBirol, Fatih (INT), Executive Director, International Energy AgencyBotín, Ana (ESP), Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander SABourla, Albert (USA), Chair and CEO, Pfizer Inc.Brende, Børge (NOR), President, World Economic ForumBrunner, Magnus (INT), European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and MigrationBrzoska, Rafal (POL), CEO, InPost SABusch, Ebba (SWE), Minister for Energy, Business and IndustryCaine, Patrice (FRA), Chair & CEO, Thales GroupCalviño, Nadia (INT), President, European Investment BankCastries, Henri de (FRA), President, Institut MontaigneChambers, Jack (IRL), Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Reform and DigitalisationChampagne, François-Philippe (CAN), Minister of Finance and National RevenueClark, Jack (USA), Co-Founder & Head of Policy, Anthropic PBCCrawford, Kate (USA), Professor and Senior Principal Researcher, USC and Microsoft ResearchDonahue, Christopher (USA), Commander, US Army Europe and AfricaDonohoe, Paschal (INT), President, Eurogroup; Minister of FinanceDöpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chair and CEO, Axel Springer SEEberstadt, Nicholas N. (USA), Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy, AEIEk, Daniel (SWE), CEO, Spotify SAEkholm, Börje (SWE), CEO, Ericsson GroupEriksen, Øyvind (NOR), President and CEO, Aker ASAFeltri, Stefano (ITA), JournalistFentener van Vlissingen, Annemiek (NLD), Chair, SHV Holdings NVFraser, Jane (USA), CEO, CitigroupFreeland, Chrystia (CAN), Minister of Transport and Internal TradeFriedman, Thomas L. (USA), Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York TimesGabuev, Alexander (INT), Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia CenterHammer, Kristina (AUT), President, Salzburg FestivalHarrington, Kevin (USA), Senior Director for Strategic Planning, NSCHassabis, Demis (GBR), Co-Founder and CEO, Google DeepMindHedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR FoundationHeinrichs, Rebeccah (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson InstituteHeraty, Anne (IRL), Chair, Sherry Fitzgerald ana IBECHerlin, Jussi (FIN), Vice Chair, KONE CorporationHernández de Cos, Pablo (ESP), General Manager Elect, Bank for International SettlementsHobson, Mellody (USA), Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments LLCHoekstra, Wopke (INT), European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean GrowthHunt, Jeremy (GBR), Member of ParliamentIsla, Pablo (ESP), Vice-Chair, Nestlé SAJohansson, Micael (SWE), President and CEO, Saab ABJonsson, Conni (SWE), Founder and Chair, EQT GroupKarp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc.Klingbeil, Lars (DEU), Vice-Chancellor; Minister of FinanceKlöckner, Julia (DEU), President BundestagKostrzewa, Wojciech (POL), President, Polish Business RoundtableKotkin, Stephen (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityKratsios, Michael (USA), Director, White House Office of Science and Technology PolicyKravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chair, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.Kudelski, André (CHE), Chair and CEO, Kudelski Group SAKuleba, Dmytro (UKR), Adjunct Professor, Sciences PoLeeuwen, Geoffrey van (INT), Director Private Office of the Secretary General, NATOLemierre, Jean (FRA), Chair, BNP ParibasLetta, Enrico (ITA), Dean, IE School of Politics, Economics & Global AffairsLeysen, Thomas (BEL), Chair, dsm-firmenich AGLighthizer, Robert (USA), Chair, Center for American TradeLiikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chair, IFRS Foundation TrusteesLundstedt, Martin (SWE), CEO, Volvo GroupMarin, Sanna (FIN), Strategic Counsellor, Tony Blair Institute for Global ChangeMcGrath, Michael (INT), European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of LawMensch, Arthur (FRA), Co-Founder and CEO, Mistral AIMicklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LPMinton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The EconomistMitsotakis, Kyriakos (GRC), Prime MinisterMonti, Mario (ITA), Senator for lifeMoore, Richard (GBR), Chief, Secret Intelligence ServiceNadella, Satya (USA), CEO, Microsoft CorporationNetherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD), O’Leary, Michael (IRL), Group CEO, Ryanair GroupOllongren, Kajsa (NLD), Fellow, Chatham House; Senior Fellow, GLOBSECÖzyeğin, Murat (TUR), Chair, Fiba GroupPapalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), Chair, TITAN S.A.Paparo, Samuel (USA), Commander, US Indo-Pacific CommandPhilippe, Édouard (FRA), Mayor, Le HavrePouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chair and CEO, TotalEnergies SEProkopenko, Alexandra (INT), Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia CenterRachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial TimesRappard, Rolly van (NLD), Co-Founder and Chair, CVC Capital PartnersReiche, Katherina (DEU), Minister of Economic Affairs and EnergyRingstad Vartdal, Birgitte (NOR), CEO, Statkraft ASRoche, Nicolas (FRA), Secretary General, General Secretariat for Defence and National SecurityRutte, Mark (INT), Secretary General, NATOSalvi, Diogo (PRT), Co-Founder and CEO, TIMWESawers, John (GBR), Executive Chair, Newbridge Advisory Ltd.Scherf, Gundbert (DEU), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Helsing GmbHSchimpf, Brian (USA), Co-Founder & CEO, Anduril IndustriesSchmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chair and CEO, Relativity Space IncSchmidt, Wolfgang (DEU), Former Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Head of the ChancelleryŠefčovič, Maroš (INT), European Commissioner Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and TransparencySewing, Christian (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Bank AGSikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Minister of Foreign AffairsŞimşek, Mehmet (TUR), Minister of FinanceSmith, Jason (USA), Member of CongressStoltenberg, Jens (NOR), Minister of FinanceStreeting, Wes (GBR), Secretary of State for Health and Social CareStubb, Alexander (FIN), President of the RepublicSuleyman, Mustafa (USA), CEO, Microsoft AISummers, Lawrence (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard UniversityThiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital LLCToulemon, Laurent (FRA), Senior Researcher, INEDUggla, Robert (DNK), Chair, A.P. Møller-Maersk A/SValentini, Valentino (ITA), Deputy Minister of Enterprise and Made in ItalyVassy, Luis (FRA), Director, Sciences PoVerhoeven, Karel (BEL), Editor-in-Chief, De StandaardWallenberg, Jacob (SWE), Chair, Investor ABWallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken ABWang, Alexandr (USA), Founder & CEO, Scale AIWeder di Mauro, Beatrice (CHE), President, Centre for Economic Policy ResearchWeel, David van (NLD), Minister of Justice and SecurityWilmès, Sophie (INT), Vice-President, European ParliamentZakaria, Fareed (USA), Host, Fareed Zakaria GPSZeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Warner Bros. Discovery International Erstveröffentlichung auf Opposition24