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GEI Event with Italo Bocchino

New York, April 30, 2025- The guest speaker for this GEI Event was Italo Bocchino, prominent Italian political commentator, former member of Parliament, and Director of Il Secolo d’Italia. (See Invitation attached). His provocative new book, “Perché l’Italia è di Destra. Contro le bugie della

GEI Lunch with Richard Haass

Exactly one week after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, Mario Calvo-Platero, President of GEI, discussed Trump’s policies, initiatives, and the structural changes in international relations with Richard Haass during a GEI Lunch at the Racquet and Tennis Club (370

GEI Lunch with Alessandro Benetton

New York, December 11, 2024- As we continue celebrating our 50th anniversary, our guest speaker was Alessandro Benetton, Chairman of Edizione, one of Europe’s leading diversified conglomerates, fully controlled by the Benetton family. In this role, Mr. Benetton led a significant turnaround of his own

GEI Lunch with Kerry Kennedy

New York- On Monday October 21, exactly two weeks before the presidential election, we discussed the tightly contested race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with a very special guest speaker: Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, author and human rights activist.

GEI Lunch with Gerry Baker

New York, 09/19/2024- This month our luncheon focused on the American elections, key elections for the direction of the Country and some say for the West. Almost a year ago we had Gerry Baker as guest speaker and he promised he would be back closer