Drones, fences and roadblocks: How The Hague ramped up security for NATO summit

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Drones, fences and roadblocks: How The Hague ramped up security for NATO summit  The Dutch city has rolled out a major military and police operation called Orange Shield to protect heads of state attending the NATO summit.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/24/fences-drones-and-roadblocks-how-the-hague-ramped-up-security-for-nato-summit  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00We are here in The Hague and the final security measures have just gone into effect before the

00:09start of the NATO summit. Here in the city centre life continues as normal. Shops and

00:15restaurants are open and as you can see people are roaming the streets freely. But just a few

00:21streets ahead, the first road closure can already be seen. This is Zeesrath, a popular

00:31street leading into the city centre of The Hague before the next few days completely

00:36closed off to the public. Just beyond these gates are several high-end hotels

00:41that have been booked out to host high-profile leaders attending the summit.

00:45This is the biggest security operation that the Netherlands has ever conducted. 27,000

00:56police officers have been deployed as well as 5,000 soldiers. The last time the country

01:01hosted a summit at a similar scale was the nuclear summit in 2014, which cost 24 million euros.

01:08This one is expected to cost over 180 million euros, quite a bit more.

01:15As we come closer to the summit venue, we begin to notice the major disruptions that the residents

01:22of the surrounding areas are facing. But the real deal is here at the World Forum where

01:27the summit is taking place. People that live within the security boundaries have to pass

01:32through checkpoints like these anytime they want to enter or exit. At this checkpoint, people

01:38can pick up their daily newspapers complete with coffee and croissants.

01:45see you next time.

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