Well well well. It's a sad day in France if you're one of President Sarkozy's cabinet members. Remember two wees ago when his party lost the election so he had to play musical chairs with his cabinet? Well he's not happy and he's punishing this cabinet (though he didn't exactly say he was punishing them, we can deduce this).
Cabinet members can no longer use private jets when traveling on business. This can only be done if public transport is not available due to current economic struggles. What does this mean? If you need to go and speak to the Iranian leader, fly coach, everyone else does it!