Relationship with Bilderberg group
Dear Secretariat General (SG),
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as
developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting access to any
documents pertaining to senior officials' attendance at the annual Bilderberg group meetings.
I am a journalist based in Brussels and I believe it is in the public
interest to know which commissioners or other senior officials attend
the Bilderberg group annual conference and to what extent the contents
of these meetings are shared with other colleagues in Brussels.
Please send the documents to me in electronic format.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Rettman
Dear Mr Rettman,
I refer to your request for access to documents dated 03/07/2012 (see
below).
In order to enable us to register it and attribute it to the relevant
service, could you please specify:
* what do you mean by "senior officials" : does this include Members of
the Commission, Directors-General or both ?
* in which annual meeting are you interested (which year) ?
Thank you in advance for clarifying the exact scope of your request.
Yours sincerely,
BLURIOT-PUEBLA Madeleine
Cellule 'Accès aux documents'
European Commission
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B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 296 09 97
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Dear Secretariat General (SG),
Thank you for your response.
Please include commissioners and directors-general.
Please include the Bilderberg meetings in 2012 (Chicago), 2011 (St. Moritz) and 2010 (Sitges).
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Rettman
Dear Secretariat General (SG),
Yes. I mean commissioners and directors-general.
I mean the meetings in 2012, 2011 and 2010.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Rettman
Dear Mr. Rettman,
Further to your information request dated 03/07/2012, please find here
below the list of participants from the Commission to the Bilderberg group
meetings :
In 2010 : Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner
Karel de Gucht, Commissioner
Neelie Kroes, Commissioner
In 2011 : Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner
Karel de Gucht, Commissioner
In 2012 : Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner
Karel de Gucht, Commissioner
Neelie Kroes, Commissioner
We hope that this information complies with your request.
Yours sincerely,
BLURIOT-PUEBLA Madeleine
Cellule 'Accès aux documents'
European Commission
SG/B/5 - Transparence
BERL 05/330
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 296 09 97
[1][email address]
Dear Secretariat General (SG),
Thanks.
That's a small start.
But I requested to see any documents relating to their attendance at the meetings: e.g. did they brief colleagues on the content of the Bilderberg meetings, did the institution draft any opinions on whether its useful/appropriate for them to go?
is there absolutely nothing else?
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Rettman
Dear Mr Rettman,
I hereby acknowledge receipt of your request for access to
documents dated 11/07/2012, registered on 23/07/2012 under the following
references :
GESTDEM 2012/3627 (DG CONNECT),
GESTDEM 2012/3629 (DG TRADE),
GESTDEM 2012/3631 (DG COMP).
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a
response from these Directions general to your request within 15 working
days (13/08/2012).
Yours sincerely,
BLURIOT-PUEBLA Madeleine
Cellule 'Accès aux documents'
European Commission
SG/B/5 - Transparence
BERL 05/330
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 296 09 97
[1][email address]
Dear Mr Rettman,
I refer to your e-mail dated 11 July 2012, registered under GESTDEM number
2012/3631, requesting access to documents under Regulation No 1049/2001
regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents.
In your application you request access to any documents relating to the
attendance of the Vice President Almunia in meetings with the Bilderberg
Group.
I regret to inform you that after having performed a thorough search of
our databases the services of DG Competition and the private office of the
Vice president Almunia were unable to find documents corresponding to
your request. The Commission is therefore unable to satisfy your
application.
I apologise for the inconvenience this may cause. Please note that your
request is treated separately under GESTDEM numbers 2012/3627 and
2012/3629 by other services of the Commission.
Kind regards,
Corinne Dussart-Lefret
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Dear Mr Rettman,
We refer to your access to documents request registered on 23/07/2012 with
GestDem No 2012/3629.
We understand that you are requesting access to any documents (briefings,
reports or opinion drafted by DG TRADE or Commissioner's cabinet) relating
to Karel De Gucht's attendance in Bilderberg meetings in 2010, 2011, 2012.
Karel De Gucht has attended these meetings in 2010 and 2012 as participant
on a personal invitation. Members of the Commission attend numerous
meetings which provide them with contacts with civil society. He did not
represent the Commission at the Conference as the Commission has no link
with the Bilderberg conference. Karel De Gucht did not report to the
Commission on the discussions held during these meetings. Accordingly,
no documents were found that would correspond to the description given in
your application.
We are, therefore, unable to handle your application and it will be closed
in DG TRADE.
Yours faithfully,
Indre
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