12 Facts About Emmanuel Todd

Emmanuel Todd has published a number of political essays, which have received broad coverage in France.

The historian Emmanuel Todd Le Roy Ladurie, who pioneered microhistory, was a friend of the family and gave him his first history book.

Emmanuel Todd studied at the Lycee international de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where he was a member of the Communist Youth.

Emmanuel Todd then studied political science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and went on to prepare a Ph.

Emmanuel Todd attracted attention in 1976 when, at age 25, he predicted the fall of the Soviet Union, based on indicators such as increasing infant mortality rates:.

Emmanuel Todd then worked for a time in the literary service of Le Monde daily, then returned to research, working on the hypothesis of a determination of ideologies and religious or political beliefs by familial systems.

Emmanuel Todd then wrote, among other books, The Invention of Europe and The Fate of Immigrants, in which he defended the "French model" of integration of immigrants.

Emmanuel Todd was opposed to the Maastricht Treaty in the 1992 referendum.

Emmanuel Todd has rejected the phrase's attribution to him, and attributed the expression to Marcel Gauchet.

In spite of his opposition to the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, Emmanuel Todd expressed himself in favour of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in the referendum of 2005, advocating a protectionist framework at the European level for the future policies of the Union.

The book was received negatively in the West, where Emmanuel Todd was accused of being "blinded by ideology", "ignorant on the subject" and relying on Russian propaganda and conspiracy theories; he was praised by Christopher Caldwell on The New York Times.

Emmanuel Todd criticizes Western policy, as opposed to that of Vladimir Putin, whose propaganda he spreads, notably justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine by relying on false information originating from Russian disinformation.