A float depicts Merkel's challenger in last year's election Martin Schulz put himself into a mincer during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





A carnival float, depicting a bear with the writing “Russia affair” on US President Donald Trump, is being prepared at a warehouse ahead of a carnival parade on Rose Monday on February 12, 2018 in Duesseldorf, southern Germany. (Photo by Marcel Kusch/Getty Images)





A float depicts Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Polish PiS party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski with hammer and sickle and the writing “right dictatorships” during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





Carnevalists stand beside a sun float during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





A carnival float depicts a dinosaur with the U.S. flag on its hat eating a large chunk from the earth during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





A carnival float depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in in Mainz, Germany on February 12, 2018. Placard reads “The last of it's kind”. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)





A carnival float at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





A carnival float at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





A carnival float depicting French President Emmanuel Macron at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in in Mainz, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)





A carnival float depicting U.S. President Donald Trump at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)





Carnival revellers at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in in Mainz, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)





A carnival float depicting Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





A carnival float depicting Social Democratic Party SPD parliamentary group leader Andrea Nahles at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany on February 12, 2018. Words read: “Comrades, the end is Nahles”. (Photo by Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters)





A carnival float, depicting co-leader of the parliamentary group of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party Alexander Gauland, is pictured during a carnival parade on Rose Monday on February 12, 2018 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. The writings read “We are not nazis at all” (L) and “far-right wing” (R). Germany. (Photo by Patrik Stollarz/Getty Images)





A carnival float, depicting a migrant with chains with the writings “Slavery in Libya” and “supported by the EU”, is pictured during a carnival parade on Rose Monday on February 12, 2018 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. (Photo by Patrik Stollarz/Getty Images)





A float depicts British Prime Minister Theresa May looking at her Brexit-baby during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





A float depicts German Chancellor Angela Merkel as black widow with the skulls of former opponents in front and the writing “Next one please” during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)