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According to the Bilderberg group's website, the group invites between 120 and 150 leaders from various fields in Europe and America.<ref name="About">[http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/ ABOUT BILDERBERG MEETINGS]. ''Bilderberg Meetings''. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref> One-third of the attendees must be from North America and the other two-thirds from Europe.<ref name="About"/> The group is extremely secretive, not allowing attendees to talk openly about the meetings, particularly the speakers or their positions,<ref name="WhatToKnow"/> and the agenda is not detailed and no votes, resolutions, or policy statements are made.<ref name="About"/><ref name="WhatToKnow"/><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40125253 Secretive Bilderberg group meetings begin in Virginia]. ''BBC News''. June 1, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref>

According to the Bilderberg group's website, the group invites between 120 and 150 leaders from various fields in Europe and America.<ref name="About">[http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/ ABOUT BILDERBERG MEETINGS]. ''Bilderberg Meetings''. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref> One-third of the attendees must be from North America and the other two-thirds from Europe.<ref name="About"/> The group is extremely secretive, not allowing attendees to talk openly about the meetings, particularly the speakers or their positions,<ref name="WhatToKnow"/> and the agenda is not detailed and no votes, resolutions, or policy statements are made.<ref name="About"/><ref name="WhatToKnow"/><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40125253 Secretive Bilderberg group meetings begin in Virginia]. ''BBC News''. June 1, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref>

Despite the importance of the meetings, the [[mainstream media]] generally ignores reporting on them.<ref>Newman, Alex (June 2, 2014). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/18393-bilderberg-summit-virtually-ignored-by-media-propagandists Bilderberg Summit Virtually Ignored by Media Propagandists]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref>

Despite the importance of the meetings, the [[mainstream media]] generally ignores reporting on them.<ref>Newman, Alex (June 2, 2014). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/18393-bilderberg-summit-virtually-ignored-by-media-propagandists Bilderberg Summit Virtually Ignored by Media Propagandists]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref><ref>Jasper, William F. (June 12, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/32572-covering-up-bilderberg-the-washington-post-a-deep-state-coup-supporter-leads-the-wall-of-silence-on-the-globalist-confab Covering (Up) Bilderberg: The Washington Post Leads the Wall of Silence on the Globalist Confab]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 12, 2019.</ref>

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===Driver of global policy===