Float builder Andrea works on a float which depicts Russia's President Vladimir Putin as warmonger, at the float hall of the Mainz Carnival Association (MCV), in Mainz, Germany, 02 February 2016. The MCV invited journalists to a preview of this year's floats for the upcoming Shrove Monday carnival parade. The main carnival season festivities will happen around Rose Monday on 08 February. (Photo by Fredrik von Erichsen/EPA)





Papier mache caricature figures for a carnival float are prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





Papier mache caricature figures depicting the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal for a carnival float, are prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





Papier mache caricature figures depicting the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal for a carnival float, are prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





Papier mache figures for a carnival float, are prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





Papier mache figures for a carnival float, are prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





Papier mache figures for a carnival float, are prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A papier mache caricature figure for a carnival float of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, is prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A papier mache caricature figure for a carnival float of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) is prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A papier mache caricature figure for a carnival float of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (background) is prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A carnival float euro sign decoration, leftover from previous years, hangs on a wall in a carnival workshop in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A papier mache figure for a carnival float is prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A papier mache figure of the “Cologne Virgin”, a member of the traditional Cologne carnival triumvirate, crying through broken rose-coloured glasses, is prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)





A papier mache caricature figure for a carnival float depicting suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter is prepared for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Germany February 2, 2016. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)