France, Oct. 29 -- The chairman of the Senate's Committee on Culture, Laurent Lafon, said on Tuesday, after a visit to the Louvre's security facilities, that the museum's safety standards were "not up to what one would expect from a modern museum."

"There are many improvements to be made," said the centrist senator to the press, surrounded by a delegation on the museum's forecourt.

"The organization of security does not meet the standards one would expect from a museum today, and it is essential to finally carry out the necessary work, whether on the network or on video surveillance," he added.

However, France's Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, for her part, has ruled out making snap decisions about beefing up security at the Louvre M...