Swathes of accounts inundated social media in countries across the EU with disinformation before the European Parliament elections in June, in addition to promoting French and German far-right political discourse, a new study has found. The Dutch Socialist and Democratic National delegation commissioned analysts at the Dutch consultancy Trollrensics to investigate potential disinformation networks influencing public opinion before the European elections. The consultancy carried out investigations in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, in addition to a more general probe into English-l…