How silly can they be?

The french presidency seems not to have understand that they put with their decision (see also this blog entry) in favour of the old car industry not only the environment targets at stake but also the industry by itself. The old car industry is dieing, certainly not all as fast as GM, and has to reinvent itself, which is possible, for providing electric or hybrid cars as well as using the chance to be in a leading role in this new market. Yes, the old management is sponsoring, aka lobbing, the current decision makers, but at least the EU parliament should be aware that by voting against this agreement they will safe a lot more jobs in the near future. 
Changing old industries needs the force by public or goverment otherwise they will overlook the point of no return and die.