It wasn't dumb for her. Merkel's job is to act in the interest of the people who elected her. And that's exactly what she did. It's unfortunate that this set ba

It wasn't dumb for her. Merkel's job is to act in the interest of the people who elected her. And that's exactly what she did. It's unfortunate that this set back efforts to reduce emissions. But her move was smart and without it she probably wouldn't be in power anymore.