Alongside the European elections, voters in about half of German states are being called to elect local officials on Sunday. Decisions on representative bodies such as district councils, municipal councils or district assemblies are due in Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. In the eastern states of Brandenburg and Saxony, the vote is seen as a test of public opinion ahead of the state elections in September, in which the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is projected to do well. In Thuringia, where lo…