Frans Timmermans
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Born | Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans 1961-05-06 Maastricht, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Radboud University, Nancy 2 University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Irene Timmermans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Democrats 66, Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice-President of the European Commission
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Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria "Frans" Timmermans
Career
As Vice-President of the European Commission, opined on "Which world do we want after COVID-19?"[1] and on how to ensure that "all of Europe gets vaccines".[2]
Opinions
“They are now being disappointed. Look at what the divisiveness of Brexit has done to the UK. Today, the UK looks like Game of Thrones on steroids.”
Frans Timmermans (16 May 2019) [3]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2008 | 5 June 2008 | 8 June 2008 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests |
Brussels Forum/2006 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund. | ||
Brussels Forum/2017 | 23 March 2017 | 25 March 2017 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The overarching theme was "‘End of Complacency – Era of Action?" |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2015 | 21 January 2015 | 24 January 2015 | Switzerland | Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures". |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by a lot of people, both leaders and followers |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2951 known participants |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
References
- ↑ https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/which-world-do-we-want-after-covid-19/
- ↑ https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1410149/eu-news-vaccines-frans-timmermans-marco-zanni-mep-eu-latest-news
- ↑ https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/15/eu-presidential-debate-told-uk-is-game-of-thrones-on-steroids Euronews