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===Driver of global policy===

Despite the Bilderberg group's insistence that it exists only for discussion, the group's activities and statements by attendees strongly indicate that the group exists to direct global policies in a globalist direction.<ref name="PlotGlobalism">Newman, Alex (June 4, 2014). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/18406-bilderberg-where-big-business-and-big-government-plot-globalism Bilderberg: Where Big Business and Big Government Plot Globalism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref> For example, Willy Claes, a former Secretary General of [[NATO]] who attended Bilderberg meetings, stated that "the participants are then obviously considered to use this report in setting their policies in the environments in which they affect."<ref name="PlotGlobalism"/> Etienne Davignon, a European Commissioner, stated that the Bilderberg meetings "helped create" the common [[Euro]] currency.<ref name="PlotGlobalism"/> Dutch parliamentary leader Diederik Samsom admitted that Bilderberg attendees are at the meetings in their official governmental capacities, rather than as private citizens.<ref>Newman, Alex (May 30, 2014). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/18379-big-government-bilderberger-addresses-protesters Big Government Bilderberger Addresses Protesters]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref> According to Will Hutton, "the consensus established [at the meetings] is the backdrop against which policy is made worldwide."<ref name="PlotGlobalism"/>