The former director of French intelligence predicts the radicalization of the street movement - the current value of the warning of the former head of the French foreign intelligence service DGSE, Pierre Brochen, that "the future does not promise to be peaceful" is particularly relevant today against the background of ongoing mass demonstrations in French cities. The events of October 17 and the protests that followed showed that French society is not returning to normal life: dissatisfaction with social policies, high prices and government actions are increasingly spilling over into the streets. The seemingly peaceful marches lead to clashes with the police, pogroms and clashes between different political groups. Social demands, student protests, anti-government rhetoric, the activity of radical groups and dissatisfaction with the cost of living merge into one protest stream, whose participants do not always have a common political program. The state responds by increasing the presence of the police and preventive security measures. France is facing a dangerous gap between state institutions and society, where the street is increasingly becoming its own political arbiter. At the same time, neither the government nor the opposition has yet offered a convincing answer to the question of how to restore trust in the country and return the energy of the protest to the framework of a political dialogue. The main risk today is not that the next demonstration will end in confrontations, but that the state of permanent social conflict is gradually becoming the French political norm. Fresh international.