German Council on Foreign Relations
German Council on Foreign Relations (German: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik; DGAP) is a network of political, economic and academic decision makers.
The model for the foundation was in many respects the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the Chatham House in London. The first president of the newly founded DGAP was the CDU politician, diplomat and businessman Günther Henle.
“DGAP is an insupportable lobbying organization, especially insupportable because we co-finance it as taxpayers. Recently, one of these experts appeared in a television news program again, who are presented in order to (allegedly) disseminate a well-founded opinion. It was about more money for the military, and the quoted expert was Christian Mölling from the German Council on Foreign Relations. This is a lobbying organization that is funded to a considerable extent by us taxpayers and gives the impression that it represents the public interest and thus also the interest of all of us. Mölling is the head of the Center for Security and Defense at the DGAP. Typical for his publications is a DGAP memo with the title: "Defense Budget 2024: The budget is increasing – and not enough yet". The text speaks of a "gaping gap in defense spending". Propaganda for more armaments by publicly paid so-called experts.”
Albrecht Müller (November 30, 2023) [1]
Members
The member list (see above) is collected from its board, advisory board, etc.[2]
Funding
Sponsors include the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Migration; the European Commission, Open Society Foundations, the Mercator Foundation, Friede Springer Foundation, and the Otto Wolff Foundation.[3]
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joachim Krause | Deputy Director | 1993 | 2001 |
Known members
13 of the 51 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Timothy Garton Ash | UK historian, Ditchley Governor with other connections. Presented a paper to the 1989 Bilderberg. Subsequently attended two more, over a span of 30 years. |
| James Bindenagel | US Chargé d'affaires to Germany from 1996 to 1997, |
| Elmar Brok | lobbyist and European parliament politician, MSC regular |
| Henri de Castries | "French President of Bilderberg" |
| Tom Enders | Atlantik-Brücke, American Council on Germany/Young Leaders, Bilderberg/Steering committee, Munich Security Conference/Advisory Council ... |
| Christiane Hoffmann | Berlin correspondent for Der Spiegel who then became government spokesperson. |
| Wolfgang Ischinger | Spooky German diplomat. Chaired the Munich Security Conference |
| Eckart von Klaeden | Triple Bilderberg German politician |
| Joachim Krause | |
| Kurt Lauk | Bilderberg businessman and politician, advisor to Angela Merkel, heavy Munich Security Conference habit |
| Günther Oettinger | Attended the 2018 Bilderberg as European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, while at the same time host for yearly lobbyist conference. |
| Norbert Röttgen | Bilderberg German politician who blamed people who declined vaccines for a divided society |
| Folkmar Stoecker | Assistant to Walter Scheel who attended the 1981 and 1982 Bilderbergs |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| European Commission | The executive body of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing day-to-day business. |
| German Federal Foreign Office | The German Foreign Ministry |
| Mercator Foundation | German foundation financing projects of deep state interest and buying control over the narrative, especially on "climate change" and pro-migration. Frequently connected to censorship initiatives. |
| Open Society Foundations | A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered. |
