Margaret Thatcher
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Yes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to increase its powers at the expense of the House, so of course we differ. The President of the Commission, Mr Delors, said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the Community. He wanted the Commission to be the Executive and he wanted the Council of Ministers to be the Senate. No! No! No! ✨ Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations, Robson Book Ltd

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