Moreover, no single group has a majority in the chamber, nor is there anything like a stable majority coalition.
He may well play an important role in this election, denying the established parties a stable majority and Italy a stable government.
Yet with Mr Basescu probably unable to force an early election, and parliament unable to oust the president or conjure a stable majority government, the prospects for a revival of reforms are dim.
After visiting the governor-general's residence in Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters that voters had a choice between his party forming a stable majority government in uncertain times, or a what he called a "reckless" opposition coalition.
The good news is that Congress has found it easy to form a coalition with what looks like a stable parliamentary majority.
He survived, but in the long run this defeat augurs ill: though Mr Barak was directly elected, the prime minister still needs a stable parliamentary majority to govern.
But the European Union's reaction to the prospect of the Freedom Party joining a ruling coalition has been hypocritical and wholly disproportionate to Austria's supposed offence in seeking to build a stable government backed by a majority of the voters.
And to deliver these commitments and many more - we need a working, stable majority in the Parliament.
Ronald Reagan forged a winning electoral majority on the stable foundation of what he described as a three-legged stool: fiscal discipline, traditional values and peace through strength.
"They were close to getting a two-thirds majority, and that will mean a stable and secure government, " said James Chin, a Malaysian political science professor and a visiting fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.
Second, let us accept, whatever our differences over the war, it is in all our interests and in the interests of the peaceful majority in the Muslim world that Iraq be helped to be a sovereign, independent, stable, democratic state, where there is religious tolerance, human rights and equality for all.
"Such a move would generate substantial economic efficiency gains from reduced congestion, reduce the tax levied on the majority of miles driven, leave many (particularly rural) motorists better off, and provide a stable long-term footing for motoring taxes without necessarily raising net additional revenue from drivers, " the IFS said.
"Their determination to attack Northern Ireland's sovereignty and erode the identity of the majority of its people will be resisted and can only undermine the prospects for the Stormont Agreement achieving a stable society we hope for, " the statement adds.
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