The new Blob page will promote Kaplický's library

Prague - A new political party is being established in the Czech Republic, whose priority will be to promote the construction of a new building for the National Library based on the design of the late architect Jan Kaplický. The group will be called Blob, after the nickname that Kaplický's project received. The party and its program will be presented in Prague on Sunday during a meeting at the Divadlo na Zábradlí. This was told to ČTK by a well-informed source.
    The new party is inspired by a similar situation in Britain, where a certain political entity was formed primarily to save a specific architectural monument. It did not make it into parliament, but the building was successfully saved.
    The Sunday meeting is organized by the initiative Democracy Builds, which reportedly is not directly behind the formation of the party. Debates titled Open Eye Over Prague are scheduled to start at 5:00 PM, and according to the organizers, "well-known people from the cultural and political scene" who have dealt with the case of the new National Library building will participate. However, no specific individuals are mentioned.
    In the invitation to the debate, the initiative promises to present another project being developed in support of the realization of Kaplický's proposal. This (project) should, unlike existing entities, have a broader reach into other - including political - spheres, they state. According to them, the initiative is backed by "new" people.
    The initiative Democracy Builds was created after the death of Jan Kaplický on the social network Facebook, with over 20,000 people signing up within a few days. However, Kaplický's project has so far primarily stumbled on political opposition. After President Václav Klaus expressed negative views about the proposal, the Prague ODS began to criticize it, and in the end, Prague did not sell the promised land for the construction to the National Library.