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Motorist Ministers Klempir and Macinka Booed Offstage At Straznice Folklore Festival

Summary by Brno Daily
Czech Culture Minister Oto Klempir (Motorists) was booed off by the audience at the Straznice International Folklore Festival on Friday, and his party colleague, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, received the same reception on Saturday. Writing on social media after the event, Klempir attributed the incident to hostility from the local crowd, as well as the heat and alcohol. The audience responded to Klempir’s appearance onstage with boos and whist…

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Few cities in the republic have such advertising as the one that was given to Strážnice in Hodonín by ministers Oto Klempíř, Petr Macinka and subsequently Boris Šťastný (all Motoristé) over the weekend. The locals agree on this. They also have a similar opinion on which politicians should have been at the festival.

Are you crazy?! You're turning the Stražnice festival into a political festival! It wasn't even under the Bolsheviks. Under the Bolsheviks, there was a political song festival somewhere else, but never here! It seems that the main current political event is the performance of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Chairman...

Foreign Minister and Motoristy chairman Petr Macinka has apologized for his performance during the weekend's International Folklore Festival in Strážnice. "I certainly didn't go there to provoke anyone," Macinka claims. His performance greatly annoyed the leaders of ANO, which has an electoral stronghold in South Moravia.

Předseda Motoristů sobě a ministr zahraničí Petr Macinka se po dnešním zasedání vlády omluvil za nezamýšlenou commercial Mezinárodního folklorního festival Strážnice 2026. „Osobně mě velice mrzí ty turbulence a nezamýšlená advertising festival. uvedl Macinka. Podle něho na to nejvíce doplácí právě festival a samotné město Strážnice.

Prague - Chairman of the Motorists and Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr Macinka apologized after today's government session for the unintentional advertising of the folklore festival in Strážnice. On Friday, the audience first booed Minister of Culture Ota Klempíř (for the Motorists), and on Saturday, Macinka angered the audience when he spoke and called the festival politicized. Klempíř then said in his video on the X network today that he woul…

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Česká televize broke the news on Monday, June 29, 2026.
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