Although she had supported British membership, Thatcher believed that the role of the EC should be limited to ensuring free trade and effective competition, and feared that new EC regulations would reverse the changes she was making in the UK.
Thatcher cría que o papel da CE debería limitarse a asegurar o libre comercio e unha competitividade efectiva, e temía que as novas regulacións da CE puidesen reverter os cambios que ela estaba facendo no Reino Unido.