French government springs into action

All things being relative, "springing into action" for French authorities means furrowing your eyebrows, generating a blizzard of paperwork, and calling for a meeting.

French Prime Minister Dominique Villepin will preside over a special Monday morning meeting to deal with public transportation security. Following the bus torching in Marseille which left a young women severely burned, a press release from Villepin's office warbles on about the indignation expressed following this act of violence.