The lower house of the German parliament, the Bundestag, plans discuss reports of a Russian disinformation campaign and possible links to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a topical debate on Thursday. The debate was organized at the request of the three governmenbt coalition parties – the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FPD) – under the title “Full investigation into possible involvement and cooperation of members of the AfD parliamentary group with authoritarian regimes.” The background to the debate are reports about the pro…