Meanwhile, he is sticking to an odd deal whereby he and his Civic Democratic Party prop up the current minority government of Milos Zeman, a Social Democrat, with votes in parliament, so long as Mr Klaus, as parliament's speaker, is allowed to help set the agenda.
So the scheme has been abbreviated to a plaza, two blocks long, near Parliament.
But in a shift of policy Mr Putin sidelined President Maskhadov, declaring that a long-forgotten parliament in exile had more legitimacy than the leader Moscow itself had recognised in 1997.
The parliament has long accrued power by arguing that it offers a cure for the democratic deficit in European construction.
In reality, however, the Russian parliament was long ago turned into a rubber-stamping body dominated by Mr Putin's United Russia party.
The indistinct divide between the highest court in the land and the upper house of Parliament has long baffled both British and foreign observers.
Politicians also criticised his decision to switch Yesterday in Parliament to long wave, and shorten the news and current affairs programme The World at One.
In one sense that makes the president's job easier, because he should be able to push any given measure through parliament so long as he offers the right inducements.
Ujjal Dosanjh, a Vancouver Liberal member of Parliament and long outspoken critic of Sikh extremism (once suffering a beating for it), said he was dismayed that this glorification of a terrorist was passed over with so little concern by the police, the politicians and the general public.
This slippery slope argument is one that Marietje Schaake, a Dutch member of the European Parliament who has long argued for Internet freedoms, has cautioned against.
Obuchi for years has cultivated the image of an empathetic politician who lacks the refinement of the University of Tokyo set that has long dominated the bureaucracy and Parliament.
During the week-long exhibition at the Scottish Parliament to celebrate the Scottish contribution to the creation and operation of the Large Hadron Collider visitors are able to walk through a full-size replica of a section of the LHC tunnel.
On 28 July 2010, Catalonia's parliament, after long debate (under Spanish law, citizens who collect at least 50, 000 signatures within 120 days in support of a proposed change in the law may present that petition to the regional parliament, obliging the latter to debate and vote on the proposal) voted 68 to 55 (with nine abstentions) in favour of banning bullfighting in Catalonia.
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But there is a limit to how long they can be outside the parliament.
No one expects any set-up constructed from the sitting Parliament to last for long.
"This amendment allows Liberal Democrats in Parliament to back our long-held policy of the mansion tax, " Mr Cable said.
He warned about any review on civil partnerships being "kicked into the long grass", adding that Parliament "was in danger of being party to a last minute stitch-up between the frontbenches".
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Opposition parties are talking about joining up to pass a vote of no confidence in the administration, which is a long way short of a majority in parliament.
The Scandinavian countries also have long had high proportions of women in parliament, and they have some of the world's most supportive policies around motherhood, and some of the best outcomes for mothers and their children.
MEPs reporting for duty after the election might at long last excite some public interest in the parliament.
Instead, officials came up with the idea of building a mile-long Washington-style boulevard up to the Parliament Buildings.
So as long as the LDP retains its majority in parliament, there should be no major changes in economic strategy or foreign policy.
MPs to act outraged when they feel ignored, as they did when Radio Four announced that Yesterday in Parliament would be broadcast only on long wave.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his colleagues in parliament -- who took that long vacation -- have failed to meet most of the benchmarks Bush signed off on long ago.
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The Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2003 and gave a long-term commitment for all unintentionally homeless people to have the right to a permanent home by 2012.
Instead, Musharraf may find himself saddled with a parliament that could challenge his decade-long rule or even try to impeach him.
Not long ago he pledged to impeach Mr Saakashvili in parliament.
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Not long afterwards Lloyd had to defend his position in Parliament.
Now the chancellor has given a speech to persuade you that they will, on the day that his long-awaited banking reform bill is submitted to parliament.
And we know that enduring, deep-seated, long-lasting change cannot be delivered in just one parliament.
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