Transparency of relations between European Commissionners and Bilderberg meeting, attendees and representatives
I am Xavier Azalbert a scientific journalist with France-Soir.fr a French recognised media published by the company SHOPPER UNION France at the following address: https://www.francesoir.fr/.
The media France-Soir holds an IPG certificate, i.e. recognised by the French authorities as an online press site for political and general information.
Article 15 TFEU provides, inter alia, that: "Each institution, body, office or agency shall ensure the transparency of its work and shall lay down in its rules of procedure specific provisions concerning access to its documents, in accordance with the regulations referred to in the second subparagraph".
In addition, the Members of the Commission are officials and within the scope of their duties they act as depositaries of official authority delegated the authority of the Member States, including France
As a journalist for France-Soir I wish to obtain communication, under the right to Transparency :
1. All correspondence exchanged in all forms and formats (electronic, paper, sms, email, whatsapp messages, EDI (electronic data interchange), or any other private or public messaging format) between the organization bearing the name "Bilderberg Meeting" (https://bilderbergmeetings.org/) and the European Commission and in particular, those of the Commissioners who participated in the events of the organization.
2. All documents received, given, or written on site during the holding of the "meetings" of the Bilderberg group or in connection with the holding of the events,
3. All reports, work and reports drawn up by the Commissioners, their teams or the Commission concerning the "Bilderberg Meeting" group, participation in its events or its relations with the European institutions and their staff,
4. Theregulations, and/or decisions of the institutions which decide or supervise the participation of Commissioners in the events of the Bilderberg group, and/or the mandate given by the Commission to these Commissioners for this purpose,
5. All documents relating to the travel/subsistence/registration/participation expenses of Commissioners who participated in Bilderberg Group events,
6. All correspondence exchanged in all forms (electronic, paper, sms, email, whatsapp messages, ...) between the organisation known as the "World Economic Forum (WEF)" (https://www.weforum.org/) and the European Commission and in particular Commissionerswho have participated in the organisation's events.
7. All documents received, given, or written on site during the holding of the "meetings" of the World Economic Forum or in connection with the holding of events,
8. All reports, work and reports drawn up by the Commissioners, their teams or the Commission on the World Economic Forum WEF group, participation in its events and its relations with the European institutions and their staff,
9. Regulations and/or decisions of the institutions which decide or supervise the participation of Commissioners in World Economic Forum (WEF) events, and/or the mandate given by the Commission to these Commissioners for this purpose,
10. All documents relating to the travel/subsistence/registration/participation expenses of the Commissioners who participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) events
The period concerned by the requests for access to documents above is from the year 2018 to today.
France-Soir adds the "Bilderberg group ", just as the "World Economic Forum WEF) is not included in the Commission's transparency register (https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregiste... ) which is a violation of European rules on Transparency.
I await your answer with great interest as an article is in preparation and this information is critical for French and European citizens in order to ensure paramount transparency of the actions of our representatives.
Yours sincerely
Xavier Azalbert
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European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your initial request for access to documents concerning “Transparency of relations between European Commissionners and Bilderberg & World Economic Forum meetings”.
We thank you for the list of participants you provided us regarding "Bilderberg Meeting group” that allowed us to identify several DGs/Services targeted by this request.
Could you please confirm us that same DGs/Services are targeted by your initial request concerning World Economic Forum WEF (as you did not provide us with a list of participants for this event)?
Many thanks in advance and kind regards,
Access to documents team - cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
Dear [email address],
You have sent me this request for clarification : the answer is yes.
Could you please confirm us that same DGs/Services are targeted by your initial request concerning World Economic Forum WEF (as you did not provide us with a list of participants for this event)?
Could you please let me know when you think the information will be accessible ?
Yours sincerely,
Xavier Azalbert
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 01/06/2023 and registered on 02/08/2023 under the case number
2023/4613.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 24/08/2023. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr. Azalbert,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 02/08/2023 under case number 2023/4615.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 24/08/2023. The application concerns
documents that could be held by different services which must be
consulted.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 14/09/2023.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
The DG JUST ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS team
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Hello,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/4616.
Kind regards,
Good morning,
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Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/4617.
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Dear Mr Azalbert,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered under case number 2023/4616.
We are currently working on your request. However, we will not be able to
send you the reply within the prescribed time limit, which expires
tomorrow 14/09/2023.
Due to the complexity of the request and the number of documents, we will
need some more days. We will make every effort to reply to you as soon as
possible.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
HR.E.1 for College, SPP & Representations, IDEA
DG for Human Resources and Security
European Commission
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Kind regards,
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Dear Mr. Azalbert,
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Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 08/10/2023 and registered on 09/10/2023 under the case number
2023/5894.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 30/10/2023. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Azalbert,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/4614.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
ECFIN Access to Documents Team
Dear Sir,
Please find attached the reply to your initial request for access to
document with reference EASE 2023/6864.
Sincerely,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency