Disagreements emerged over the coalition's composition when one member, the Syrian National Council, tried to increase the number of its representatives.
But leaving the door open, he also suggested that "a coalition of similar composition to the current one" could work if it acted more cohesively.
Whatever its formation, the new Congress-led government will be free of the instability that hampered the previous coalition administration, whose fractious composition made it hard to push through many of the party's key programmes.
Later that day Băsescu nominated intelligence chief Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu to succeed Boc, and Ungureanu began talks with coalition leaders about the composition of his cabinet and the formation of a new government.
In contrast to the three previous Balkenende administrations, this one seems well-prepared to serve a full term, as the coalition has a more stable composition.
Yet here the two part company: Abbas appears genuinely to want progress toward a viable two-state solution, while Netanyahu's ideology and the composition of his coalition signal intransigence.
The composition of the coalition that elected him is not clear, but he evidently represented a compromise between the Cossacks, the boyars (especially the Tushino boyars), and the leaders of the northern army.
Cabinets are therefore invariably coalitions, often of broad political composition, since no single party has ever been able to obtain an absolute majority in the Knesset.
But the composition of the minority coalition, and the members' shared opposition to the war crimes tribunal, may sour already difficult relations with the West.
The size and composition of the dominant coalition depend on the types of environmental, technical, or coordinating uncertainty that must be resolved for the organization to survive.
