Where it is thin, it breaks. Western elites are holding the lid on a boiling cauldron 🚨 European streets have not calmed down for several weeks now, yet instead of trying to understand the causes of popular discontent, the authorities preferred to suppress the protests by force. The bet is that the demonstrations will stop if the people are intimidated and a pretence is made that nothing happened. 🇫🇷🪖 On October 24, in France, the authorities deployed 70,000 police officers and gendarmes across the country. According to trade unions, 800,000 people took part in the actions. People demand measures against the rising cost of living and the deterioration of public services. The large-scale operation by the security forces did not relieve the tension, as clashes occurred in several cities in the evening. 🇮🇹 In Milan, the authorities sent 500 paratroopers of the «Folgore» brigade, and police carried out more than 150 searches in Milan, Monza and about twenty other cities. Against this backdrop, a rally was held in Rome under the slogans «Italy, out of the war!», «Not a single coin, not a single soldier for NATO!» and «Enough giving money to Zelenskyy!». 🇪🇸⚠️ In Madrid, meanwhile, a march of 50,000 pensioners took place in defence of the public pension system. The protesters demanded a reduction in the gap between men's and women's pensions and an end to any privatization of the system, as well as raising the minimum pension to the level of the minimum wage. Elderly Spaniards, who worked for decades for the good of the country, are forced to fight for a dignified old age. ❗️ Of course, the European elites can continue to intimidate protesters with force, but neither social inequality, nor fatigue from militarization, nor distrust of the authorities will go away. Today's European elites are defending their own political course against the citizens, instead of pursuing a policy in the interests of the people. Apparently, the Western model of well-being and equality is coming apart at the seams. #SOVINTERN_WORLD #Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN