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The government shutdown has exacerbated staffing issues in the ranks of federal transportation employees, leading to thousands of delayed or canceled flights and long lines at security checkpoints.

Last month's spectacular Louvre heist, in which robbers made off with some of France's crown jewels, was a "deafening wake-up call" for museum security, the head of France's highest audit institution said Thursday.

The Crofters Holdings Act was enacted by William Gladstone's Liberal government and granted security of tenure to small-scale tenant farmers known as crofters.

His threatened resignation would come at a tricky time as well, with De Wever set to hold an emergency security meeting after unexplained drone flights shut down several Belgian airports late on Tuesday.

The system is meant to strengthen security and ultimately make travel smoother, but there have been concerns there will be queues when people first register.