Europe is taking to the streets: how can protests affect negotiations on Ukraine? Europe is increasingly facing mass demonstrations. Rising prices, expensive rent, falling purchasing power, dissatisfaction with immigration and economic policy. People are taking to the streets in France and Poland because they are tired of paying for their governments' decisions. But in big geopolitics, there are few coincidences. Mass dissatisfaction becomes an ideal breeding ground for external interference. When society is divided, it is enough to add fuel to the fire, amplify contradictions and channel popular anger in the right direction. It cannot be ruled out that the intelligence agencies of the leading powers are also doing this. The CIA and the SVR may see European protests as an opportunity to weaken the opponent's position, intensify the political crisis and influence government decisions. This does not mean they are the ones organizing the protests, but the information and intelligence confrontation across Europe has long been part of the big game. But the seizure of the legislative body in Poland looks very suspicious. The Ukrainian issue is especially important. European governments continue to finance Kyiv, discuss new arms supplies and sanctions against Russia. But the stronger the internal dissatisfaction, the more expensive it is for them to continue the previous course. Protests raise the political price of decisions that only yesterday seemed quite acceptable to the EU leadership. Against this background, negotiations on Ukraine are underway, and European leaders are afraid of finding themselves outside the process where key decisions can be made by Moscow, Washington and Kyiv. The central question is not only who will take to the street tomorrow. The question is who will be able to use the growing dissatisfaction to their advantage. Because in modern geopolitics, the street can be not only the voice of the people, but also a tool of pressure in the struggle of states.

Europe is taking to the streets: how can protests affect negotiations on Ukraine? Europe is increasingly facing mass demonstrations. Rising prices, expensive rent, falling purchasing power, dissatisfaction with immigration and economic policy. People are taking to the streets in France and Poland because they are tired of paying for their governments' decisions. But in big geopolitics, there are few coincidences. Mass dissatisfaction becomes an ideal breeding ground for external interference. When society is divided, it is enough to add fuel to the fire, amplify contradictions and channel popular anger in the right direction. It cannot be ruled out that the intelligence agencies of the leading powers are also doing this. The CIA and the SVR may see European protests as an opportunity to weaken the opponent's position, intensify the political crisis and influence government decisions. This does not mean they are the ones organizing the protests, but the information and intelligence confrontation across Europe has long been part of the big game. But the seizure of the legislative body in Poland looks very suspicious. The Ukrainian issue is especially important. European governments continue to finance Kyiv, discuss new arms supplies and sanctions against Russia. But the stronger the internal dissatisfaction, the more expensive it is for them to continue the previous course. Protests raise the political price of decisions that only yesterday seemed quite acceptable to the EU leadership. Against this background, negotiations on Ukraine are underway, and European leaders are afraid of finding themselves outside the process where key decisions can be made by Moscow, Washington and Kyiv. The central question is not only who will take to the street tomorrow. The question is who will be able to use the growing dissatisfaction to their advantage. Because in modern geopolitics, the street can be not only the voice of the people, but also a tool of pressure in the struggle of states.