Stock Photo - 15 February 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Motto float, on which a figure is supposed to represent a mixture of Armin Laschet (CDU), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and CDU Federal Chairman, and Chancellor Angela Merkel, which bears the inscription ""Weiter Merkeln mit Armin Laschet"", stands in front of a float hall. Behind it is a float with a figure of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The Düsseldorf carnivalists sent eight of their famous ""motto floats"" out onto the streets on Rose Monday. Due to the pandemic, the larger-than-life caricatures were not supposed to roll through the city as a procession, but separately. The route remained top secret to avoid crowds. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa. - Duesseldorf/North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany