Dette var en sag, som Margaret Thatcher forfulgte med brask og bram, og i løbet af disse år blev adskillige EF-topmøder næsten udelukkende domineret af den eksplosive budgetkrise.
This was a cause promoted with particular zeal by Mrs Thatcher and during those years several European Community summits were dominated to the exclusion of virtually every other issue by the explosive budget crisis.