A German court dismissed on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by the Thuringian branch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) against three passages in a 2021 domestic intelligence report. The judgement comes ahead of key regional elections that will be held on Sunday in the eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony. Polls suggest the AfD could win the elections. In Thuringia, the anti-immigrant AfD has been classified as right-wing extremist and is being monitored by the domestic intelligence service. The party’s leader in Thuringia, Björn Höcke, is well-known in the country for controversial rema…