While her antipathy to German reunification was ill-judged, her doubts about the ability to reconcile greater political integration in the European Union with democratic accountability in its member states has gained many more sympathizers over the years – and not only in her own country. She pushed for greater integration of the European single market, while questioning whether this really required ceding more political authority to the European Commission.
她反对德国重新统一，这是她的重大误判；但她对更伟大的欧盟一体化能否与成员国的民主问责相协调的怀疑在多年后赢得了更多的同情者——不光是英国人。她推进了欧洲单一市场的进一步一体化，但同时也质疑这是否真的需要将更多的政治主权割让给欧盟委员会。