The Mainz Rose Monday procession next year has been canceled.
The Mainz Carneval Association (MCV) as the organizer decided on Wednesday evening at a board meeting to forego the high point of the Carnival for the second year in a row due to the permanently tense Corona situation.
"We don't make trains because we can't make them," said MCV President Reinhard Urban of the German Press Agency.
According to the current Corona regulation in the country, only 10,000 viewers are allowed.
Even in January and February, a regulation is not expected that would enable several hundred thousand people to celebrate together.
In Düsseldorf, the Rose Monday procession was postponed at the beginning of December, from February 28th to May 29th.
In Mainz, such a postponement to an appointment after Ash Wednesday was ruled out, as was the case in Cologne.
There has not yet been a decision on the Cologne Rose Monday procession.
At the beginning of December, the MCV had already canceled the traditional New Year's parade, which otherwise opens the Carnival campaign in Mainz.
Only a few thousand people attended the New Year's parade in recent years.
Until 2020, however, mostly half a million people flocked to the Rose Monday procession.
The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer (SPD), recently said: "Given the current situation, you cannot imagine the Rose Monday procession."