1st Edition
Rethinking Thatcher and Europe An Alternative Reading
List of Figures
List of Tables
Timeline
Introduction
1. Thatcher on Europe
1.1. Britain and the EC before Thatcher
1.2. Becoming Thatcher
1.3. Thatcher Rules
2. Thatcher in Europe
2.1. The British budget rebate – “Our own money back”
2.2. The Solemn Declaration on European Union: a mislead step?
2.3. Fontainebleau
3. Thatcher for Europe
3.1. Europe – The future
3.2. Nineteen eighty-five
3.2.1. Delors Commission, I
3.2.2. Reports, White Papers, et cetera
3.2.3. The Milan European Council and the IGC – To get caught in
3.3. The Single European Act
4. Thatcher against Europe?
4.1. The UK Presidency of the European Council
4.2. A renovated impetus
4.3. 1988: Epiphanies on Europe
4.3.1. The Bruges Speech
5. Thatcher and Europe
5.1. Towards Madrid
5.2. The reunification of Germany
5.3. European Unions
5.4. Not another happy ending
Conclusion: Rethinking Thatcher and Europe
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Alessandra Zanetti received her Ph.D. in History from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and Alma Mater Studiorum – the University of Bologna in 2024. She is affiliated with the Barcelona Center for European Studies (BACES) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Her main line of research focuses on an alternative interpretation of the role of Margaret Thatcher in European integration.
