Amsterdam Safety Chief pushes for larger military base

Amsterdam Safety Chief pushes for larger military base

Tijs van Lieshout, director of the Veiligheidsregio Amsterdam-Amstelland (the Amsterdam-Amstelland Safety Region), has called for the creation of a significantly larger military base within the city to strengthen Amsterdam’s defense capabilities amid increasing geopolitical instability. Speaking on AT5’s Park Politiek, Van Lieshout warned that the current facility at the Marineterrein is inadequate to meet the growing security needs of the city.

More space should be made for a larger military base in Amsterdam. This is what the director of the Amsterdam-Amstelland Safety Region Tijs van Lieshout argues for in the AT5 program Park Politiek.

In Amsterdam, space must be made for a larger military base than there is now on the Marineterrein. The director of the Amsterdam-Amstelland Safety Region, Tijs van Lieshout, argues for this in AT5's Park Politiek. "I would think it would be great if there were a barracks that offered the facility for the extra troops that are now being prepared and can defend the capital in times of major threat, and can be stationed nearby." Van Lieshout has b…