Thatcher wary of Germany after euro: Biographer

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher believed the euro was always going to lead to the Germanification of the eurozone rather than the Europeanisation of Germany, according to her biographer Charles Moore.

The former editor of the Daily Telegraph was in Dublin yesterday speaking at the Institute of International and European Affairs about whether Mrs Thatcher was justified in her increasing level of euro-scepticism towards the end of her premiership.

The Iron Lady had been an enthusiastic supporter of the EEC in its early days, said Mr Moore. She supported Britain’s referendum on joining the Community in 1975.