Ryanair today responded to a legal action launched by President Sarkozy and Ms Carla Bruni, relating to an advert, which ran in the Le Parisien newspaper last week.

The parents of the French driver blamed for the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, have taken legal action in a French court to clear their son’s name.

ExxonMobil has asked the French courts to order members of Greenpeace to evacuate an oil refinery they have blockaded.