Theresa May is butt of the joke at German carnival

Theresa May, Donald Trump and Angela Merkel were all depicted in less-than-flattering light during the annual Rose Monday street parades across south and western Germany today.

The parades, held in traditional carnival strongholds like Cologne, Duesseldorf and Mainz, usually draw huge crowds of locals and tourists alike.

The costly and intricately built floats often feature huge caricature puppets of politicians, poking fun at current events.

Birth of Brexit: A float featuring Prime Minister Theresa May is seen prior to the annual Rose Monday parade in Dusseldorf

The Russian affair: Another float sees US President Donald Trump straddled by a smiling Russian brown bear wearing a fur hat with a red Soviet star

Next, please: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is depicted as a black widow spider standing on the bones of her male political allies

This year, creators spared no expense in ensuring that German leaders as well as the British Prime Minister and the U.S. President were portrayed with uncanny likeness. 

Theresa May was depicted having given birth to ‘Brexit’, and looking lovingly at the malformed pink lump in her arms.

A naked Donald Trump was seen being straddled by a smiling brown bear wearing a fur hat with a red Soviet star and the words ‘Russia affair’ written across its side.

A float featuring Martin Schulz, head of the German Social Democrats (SPD), is seen prior to the annual Rose Monday parade in Dusseldorf, Germany

Running away from government: A float featuring Christian Lindner, head of the German Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, or FDP), a party which rejected a coalition government with Angela Merkel last year

Crashlanding: This float illustrates the situation between Air Berlin and Lufthansa, which saw Lufthansa take over a large portion of Air Berlin’s former routes and planes following Air Berlin’s bankruptcy

No one escapes: A float featuring Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban and leader of Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski highlight their recent shift to the right 

A giant black widow spider had been given the head of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, standing on the ‘remains’ of several of her male political allies. 

Millions of dressed-up revellers are also taking taking to the streets across Germany today to celebrate carnival.

Schools are closed in the region so children can attend the popular street parades featuring floats, brass bands and dance groups throwing candy, chocolates and flowers to the spectators. 

The German news agency dpa reported that at the Cologne street parade alone, parade participants would throw 700,000 bars of chocolate and 300,000 bouquets of flowers to spectators. 

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