Romanian Central Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu (in picture) and two other representatives from Romania took part in the European Regional Meeting of the Trilateral Commission last week-end in Hague. Mihai Tanasescu, Romania's representative at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Rasvan Radu, the CEO of UniCredit Tiriac Bank joined Isarescu for this high-power meeting. Mario Monti' Italy's new PM is the chairman of the Trilateral Commission for the European region. The European group includes 170 high level officials from various countries. Membership in The Trilateral Commission is by invitation only. See the full membership list for Europe here.

The Trilateral Commission was originally created in 1973 to bring together experienced leaders within the private sector to discuss issues of global concern at a time when communication and cooperation between Europe, North America, and Asia were lacking.

The European Group, which includes members from Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, now has a ceiling of 170 members, which is divided into national quotas. Germany has a quota of 20; France, Italy, and the United Kingdom each have a quota of 18; and Spain has a quota of 12. The remaining national quotas range from 6 to 1. The Commission recently began admitting members from China and India.

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