As a European I see these for the first time, where do they come from? Usually I see eagles, donkeys and elephants with US stuff

This sums up the recent election results in the German states Brandenburg, Thüringen and Sachsen, unfortunately.

I don’t have a horse in this race, but 2007 seems a little outdated, and there even is a wiki page for this exact topic, maybe you could use this for future discussions.