Carnival floats in Germany are notoriously political. This one is from todays parade in Cologne.

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by eenachtdrie

40 comments

  1. Carnival in its history and tradition is notoriously political.

  2. And they say Europe has no freedom of speech. If there’s one talent we share across Western Europe it’s satire and mockery of those in power.

  3. I was waiting for the pics of the German carnival floats, I knew they wouldn’t let me down.

  6. Wow, if that‘s from Cologne I can‘t wait for the Düsseldorf ones. They usually have even sharper teeth.

  7. Same for Aalst carnaval in Belgium. There’ll be a lot of Trump/Putin depictions.

  9. Fucking dictators. Let’s create a powerfull and independent European defence.

  10. That’s a very quick adaption to the current political scenery, they must have been working overtime to get this completed. Good job!

  12. The faces are modelt exceptionally well, i love it!

  13. This one is from Düsseldorf, see the sign in the center left “environmental centre düsseldorf”

  14. lots of thin skinned snowflake americans in the the comments lol

  15. It is fantastically true, except they didn’t make trump fat enough, and putin – short enough.

  16. As long as I live I always knew it as Molotov–Ribbentrop pact.

    And if I would prepare something like that I would put 2 lines.

    1. 1939 – Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
    2. 2025 – Putin-Trump Pact

  17. Wonder if they’ve had this prepared for a while or if they rushed it in the last couple days. Either answer wouldn’t surprise me.

  20. I’ll drink to that

    Cheers boys, we replaying history class with this one 🍻

  21. Let‘s see if Vance and Musk will like this ‚free speech‘ as much as they say…

  22. Trump has ruined the USA’s reputation for at least a generation

  23. Hey /u/eenachtdrie,

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  24. Never knew that. This is cutting political satire of the old-school at it’s best. Hats off to germany. Sie haben recht!

  25. Seeing reality portrayed as “political” makes me understand much more why some people take minorities existing anywhere as “political”.

    “Oh, it’s not that it’s related to politics, it’s that it’s factual thing that’s inconvenient to their politics”

    Glad to see Germany remembers sins of the past and doesn’t want to repeat them. At least this town.

  26. It was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, as a result of which the territory of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was significantly increased.

  27. This is Art. Just Art. Calling it a Carnival Float demeans it somehow. It’s not some unicorn with a glittery horn and balloons all around.

  30. Good to see them exercising the freedom of expression that JD Vance pointed out they don’t have. 🤣

  32. I’m American and approve of this float.

    That is all.

  33. AFD and Bild : “Wokes are making carnival political”

  34. For 200 years and 200 years more! Helau!

    (From a Brit who has just had a carnival education)

  35. I think that it is interesting that they didn’t use the term Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Don’t people in Germany know about it???

  37. More like “chamberlain-hitler Pakt” and occupation of Czechoslovakia

  40. What to expect from a city of liars. Calling themselves cologne but its perfume levels are regular

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