In the past, the two big political groups, the centre-left Party of European Socialists and the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), soaked in a culture of cosy consensus, have shared out the job, politely swapping half-way through each parliament.
But where we have arrived, and what we have shared, remain frustratingly out of reach.
Do we have shared goals, or are they in my out group?" This is the neurobiology of trust in a sense, but also of teamwork and collaboration.
At minimum, they all appeared to have shared a worn-out copy of an old Herb Alpert record.
She had a caseload of patients that we've had to share out with other people now, not everybody wants to go to another therapist.
It's about being with people who have shared common experiences, who have come out at work, come out at school and are on the other side.
By contrast, the Magic (like the similarly upstart Denver Nuggets out west) have shared the load.
Will he turn out to have shared a tomb with Cleopatra, as ancient accounts claim?
With social media, people now figure out they have shared experiences in fraud, misdirection, and manipulation.
The leader of the opposition, Raila Odinga, who says the poll was rigged against him, will be prime minister; other ministries have been shared out, though Mr Kibaki has held on to the most powerful ones.
