00:00Authorities in the Netherlands say the recruitment of army reservists in the country has seen a significant boost amid commitment
00:08of the Dutch government to raise military personnel from its current 80,000 to 120,000 by 2035.
00:17The recent enlistment by the country's queen and her eldest daughter as reservists look to be helping with authorities now
00:24scrambling to arm and train new recruits.
00:27We have more application than we can handle because we have a lack of training capacity, a lack of housing,
00:37you have to give them all uniform forms, you have to give them weapons, you have to give them the
00:43training, you need space to train, so that are the difficulties at the moment, but it's a luxury problem I
00:50say.
00:52According to the State Secretary for Defense, Dirk Boswick, there are about 9,000 reservists in the Netherlands and recruiters
01:00aim to have at least 20,000 in 2030.
01:03The recruitment drive reflects moves across Europe to expand and modernize militaries as leaders warily eye the grinding war launched
01:13by Russia against Ukraine and the disenchantments expressed by U.S. President Donald Trump with the NATO alliance.
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