Remove subdirectories from URL with mod_rewrite - .htaccess

I'm trying to get rid of some subdirectories on my website.
I tried this link Remove two subdirectories from url with mod_rewrite but it does not work with my case.
Actually i have this structure : www.mywebsite.com/fr/news/index.html and I want it to look like www.mywebsite.com/index.html.
In my root directory a have a htaccess file with the following:
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule (.*) $1\.html [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(en|es|pt)/
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+fr/([^\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(en|es|pt)/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (?!^fr/)^(.*)/$ /fr/$1 [L,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(en|es|pt)/
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /([^/]+/)*[^.]+\.html(\?[^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)\.html$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/fr/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(en|es|pt)/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/fr/$1/ [R=301,L]
What would the change to do to make it work ?
Thank you in advance for your answers

I have this structure:
www.mywebsite.com/fr/news/index.html
and I want it to look like
www.mywebsite.com/index.html
Without knowing more, I'd suggest placing this in your root folder:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^[^\/]+\/[^\/]+\/(.*) http://www.mywebsite.com/$1
The regex reads as:
from the start, find one or more characters that aren't a forward slash
then a forward slash
then one or more characters that aren't a forward slash
then a forward slash
then capture all the remaining characters

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I want this: http://example.com/TEST/user/ticket/1
This is my .htaccess file:
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
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My URL structure is like
http://www.example.com/folder/index.php?dir=dir1
To be able to access it from
http://www.example.com/folder/dir1
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RewriteEngine On
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try adding a NE on the redirect ie
RewriteRule ^ %1? [L,R=301,NE]
EDIT
Since you've read my htaccess, do you see any possiblity of shortening it further
Below are a couple of comments
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /folder
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
RewriteRule .* - [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^dir=(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1? [L,R=301]
#this looks redundant with last rule, and could be deleted?
RewriteRule ^(.+)/? index.php?dir=$1 [L,QSA]
#this says if not an existing file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#and this says if it IS an existing directory
#Is this what you wanted, or should it be not an existing directory i.e
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d instead
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
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Need help!
Here's what I'm using
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
### CHECK FOR TRAILING SLASH - Will ignore files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
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