A papier mache figure for carnival floats depicting Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, outgoing leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is pictured during preparations for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany, February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
BERLIN (Reuters) - German carnival revellers are milking the opportunity to mock Christian Democrat (CDU) leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer over her failure to stop the party siding with the far right in a regional election - a move that precipitated her downfall.
A carnival float unveiled in Mainz on Tuesday depicted her next to a banner for the CDU's branch in the state of Thuringia and a 'stop' sign.
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