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No-frills airline Ryanair has launched legal action against the government of France, claiming new French laws are restricting its operations. Ryanair said the laws were designed to impose French laws on foreign airlines with planes based in France. The decree breaks European laws on free movement of labour and services and aims to discourage foreign airlines from setting up in France, it said. The Irish firm has also petitioned the European Commission over the laws.