#French historian, sociologist, journalist, and intellectual Emmanuel Todd in an interview with Le Figaro TV: It is possible that European leaders might truly want to be in a state of open war with #Russia. But I will say it plainly: #Europe has been seized by "phantasmocracy." All the stories about Russia supposedly wanting to attack Europe and invade it are simply fantasies. "You don't believe that?" No, I have been speaking clearly for a long time about Russia’s goals in the war.