Taking On The Bilderberg Group
On 12 September 2011, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Batten made a one-minute speech questioning why the media do not report on the annual Bilderberg meetings of some of the world's most powerful people:
"Thank you, Mr. President. The Commission have recently replied to my written question confirming that Commissioners Almunia and Kroes attended the Bilderberg meeting in St. Moritz in June. The Commission cannot tell me details of what was discussed, but that surely the Bilderberg meetings do not take decisions.
"If Bilderberg meetings are just talking shops, why do the most powerful figures from around the world, including George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bother to attend? What other summit of world leaders in politics, finance and business would go completely unreported in the mainstream media such as the BBC?
"It’s impossible not to reach the conclusion that the non-reporting of these events is anything other than a conspiracy between the organizers and the media.
"It merely confirms the belief of many that the hidden agenda and purpose of the Bilderberg Group is to bring about undemocratic world government. It’s a disgrace that the European Commission is colluding in that."
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