Definition: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Input: Sentence 1:His political career started in 1996 when he , representing the Socialist Party of Albania , won the elections in Gjirokastra for the first time for his Party for after a very long time . Sentence 2:But because a problem in the country he only entered the parliament in 1997 .
Output:
but