Margaret Thatcher was skeptical of European integration and believed that some aspects of it, particularly the social policies, were too socialist in orientation. She famously declared in 1988, "We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level, with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels."

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Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher

A) thought that European integration needed to proceed faster.
B) was an advocate of the euro.
C) was a powerful figure in the European Commission.
D) believed some aspects of European integration were too socialist in orientation.
E) worked to ensure that Great Britain would join the European Union.

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