Oto Klempíř was for many years the frontman(主唱) of JAR, a popular Czech funk-rock band. He was expelled from the band last year, not over creative differences(创作分歧), or even because of his collaboration(合作；通敌) with the secret police in the 1980s, but after he declared his intention to stand for parliament(竞选议员) for Motorists for Themselves, a populist(民粹主义的), nationalist, climate-sceptic(怀疑气候变化的) party that is closely aligned with Maga ideology(Maga意识形态).
奥托·克莱姆皮奇曾多年担任捷克人气放克摇滚乐队JAR的主唱。去年他被乐队开除，原因既非创作分歧，甚至也不是因为他上世纪80年代与秘密警察合作，而是因为他宣布打算代表“驾车者党”竞选议员。该党是一个民粹主义、民族主义、怀疑气候变化的政党，与Maga意识形态紧密结盟。
Klempíř is now Czechia’s culture minister and a leading figure behind an intensifying(不断加剧的) set of culture wars(文化战争) promoted by Andrej Babiš’s ruling coalition(联盟；联合政府) as it seeks to tighten its grip on power(加紧掌控权力). Increasingly the government is borrowing methods favoured by Viktor Orbán(匈牙利总理欧尔班) in Hungary and Robert Fico(斯洛伐克总理菲佐) in Slovakia.
克莱姆皮奇如今是捷克文化部长，也是安德烈·巴比什领导的执政联盟所推动的日益激烈的文化战争背后的主要人物。该联盟正试图加紧掌控权力。政府越来越多地借用匈牙利欧尔班和斯洛伐克菲佐青睐的手段。
With tensions rising, thousands turned out(走上街头；出席) to protest last month against measures proposed by Klempíř that could undermine(损害；削弱) the independence of the media. Klempíř is fast-tracking legislation that would bring funding for public service media under greater government control.(克莱姆皮奇正在快速推进一项立法，该立法将使公共服务媒体的资金更多地受政府控制。)
随着紧张局势升级，上月数千人走上街头，抗议克莱姆皮奇提出的可能损害媒体独立性的措施。克莱姆皮奇正在快速推进一项立法，该立法将使公共服务媒体的资金更多地受政府控制。