Klaus, 70, who has been in the highest political echelons since the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, has not said whether he will withdraw from politics.
However, he has made it clear that he will not withdraw into private life.
The final stage of Klaus's tenure is likely to be characterised by preparations for the direct presidential election.
The Senate is expected to confirm the new way of choosing the Czech president.
This time, Klaus cannot run again as he has already been the president twice and the third mandate is impossible.
Klaus was elected in 2003 and re-elected five years later.
Klaus's term of office expires on March 7, 2013. The direct election is to be held between January 6 and February 5 of the same year.
Klaus has called the direct election a fateful mistake, comparing it to the "new big Czech superstar."
In the second half of this year, feuds between Klaus and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, leader of TOP 09, came to a head.
Schwarzenberg has announced he will run for the post of president.
As Klaus will not seek re-election, he may be more outspoken in his criticism of other politicians.
As the views of Klaus and Schwarzenberg on both domestic and European politics largely differ, their dispute is likely to continue next year.
Klaus disclosed his position on the government in December. He said due to infighting, Prime Minister Petr Necas's centre-right coalition government had turned out weaker and less efficient than he expected.
Klaus supported the cabinet's austerity plans, but criticised the pension reform, one of its crucial proposals.
Nevertheless, Klaus signed all government reform bills into laws during the year.
Klaus went on to voice his support to the Public Affairs (VV, a minor coalition member) during the year.
For all the scandals that embroiled the VV, Klaus said in September it was a good thing that the party had stabilised itself. He praised its Education Minister Josef Dobes and chairman of its deputies' group and strongman Vit Barta.
Klaus is expected to continue with his criticism of the EU next year.
Before Christmas, Klaus entered the debate on the adoption of a rescue plan for the euro and said he was against the Czech Republic's providing money to help the most indebted countries of the euro zone.
He said the Czech Republic's European policy should not be guided by any fear of isolation.
On the other hand, TOP 09 has warned of the Czech Republic straying from the EU main stream.
In autumn, Klaus repeatedly presented his view that the present-day EU was in a blind alley and its further integration was not bringing anything.
In his book European Integration Without Illusions, he voiced his disappointment that there was no party on the Czech political scene that would be able to oppose the project of European unification on the basis of an ideological disagreement.
Some analysts have voiced the speculations that upon leaving the presidential office, Klaus may establish a new euro-sceptical, conservative party.
However, he himself has never said so.
Klaus seems to have recently embraced rather conservative views. In October, he spoke at the St Wenceslas pilgrimage about the importance of the family, defended traditional values and criticised "opportunistic modernism."
He called on the church to more strongly and vocally apply its authority in the debate conducted by whole society.
Author: CTKwww.ctk.cz
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