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His decision to dissolve parliament in the summer of 2024 paved the way for the current fragmentation, with parties on the left and far right gaining seats while Macron’s centrist and conservative allies suffered losses.

She said the "outcome risks political fragmentation, stronger nationalist rhetoric against perceived external interference, and possible economic fallout".

So too does an understanding of the broader UK political landscape, one in which a fragmentation of the vote away from the main parties is offering Reform an unprecedented opportunity.

"Conflicts around the world are intensifying in a vicious cycle of confrontation and fragmentation," Shiro Suzuki said in a Peace Declaration at a solemn ceremony to mark the event.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said passengers had been suffering "spiralling costs, fragmentation and waste".