According to documents that were released in 2009, Mrs T was concerned about the strength of a unified Germany, and the effect it would have on Britain.
It was French demands that in return for allowing the two countries to unite, Germany would give up the mighty Deutchse mark and put is economic might behind a single currency.
Reunification went ahead, and the rest they say is history.
However, here we are twenty odd years later and the entire euro project is on the brink of collapse. If it does, Germany will remain unified, the D-mark will return and Germany will head back to its historic allegiances with Eastern Europe.
