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Charlie Skelton in Madrid

War, AI and more war: the 2024 Bilderberg agenda is sure to set off alarm bells

a woman holds a sign that reads 'stop bilderberg criminals'
A protester at the hotel where the 70th Bilderberg meeting is being held, in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday. Photograph: Rodrigo Jimenez/EPA

This year the Bilderberg summit, now under way in Madrid, turned 70 years old. But the controversial and secretive gathering of the world’s elites shows no signs of slowing down.

For decades the Bilderberg meeting, where the rich and the powerful gather behind closed doors to talk about what ails the world, has been the subject – understandably – of conspiracy theories. In recent years, Bilderberg has sought to remake itself and open up a little: more Davos than Illuminati.

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