We are the European party in Parliament and among British people – Margaret Thatcher
Back when not only Ted Heath but also Margaret Thatcher were cited as pro-Europeans and the Conservatives wanted closer cooperation on foreign policy across the EU (the European Community as was), for the 1984 European Parliament elections:
We are the European party in Parliament and among British people – Margaret Thatcher
![Conservative 1994 Euro elections leaflet - inside](https://www.markpack.org.uk/files/2023/12/Conservative-1994-Euro-elections-leaflet-inside-790x557.jpg)
![Conservative 1994 Euro elections leaflet - outside](https://www.markpack.org.uk/files/2023/12/Conservative-1994-Euro-elections-leaflet-outside-790x554.jpg)
For more gems from past election leaflets, see my collection How leaflets used to look.
Liberal Democrats are now the only party for Europe. It would be a big mistake if we don’t capitalise on that in the coming election.
I like that these leaflets are about what Conservative MEPs would do in the European Parliament to shape the (then) EEC. Did [centre party] ever campaign this way (i.e. how we would make the bloc more liberal)? I found it very frustrating that Lib Dem EU election campaigns hardly ever mentioned this. Whether you are pro or anti EU was always a domestic issue, not a European issue as such. Perhaps voters would have understood the EU better if our EU election campaigns had focused on what MEPs actually do.