Members of the European Parliament react to the death of a former British Prime Minister who shaped the UK's relationship with the EU, Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

MEPs remember Baroness Thatcher

Baroness Margaret Thatcher,  who served as Prime Minister of the UK

from 1979 until 1990,  has died at the age of 87.

Britain's first woman Prime Minister,  she won three general elections,

but her sometimes sceptical position on  Europe proved controversial for some.

Members of the European Parliament  have been sharing their memories of her.

I had a lot of conversations with her  in the 1980s

when I was doing  the 'Peace Through NATO' role

She was, I think, actually  very pragmatic about Europe.

Although she said 'we must have this' or  'we must have that' from a UK perspective,

by and large, despite some irritations –  particularly with the German Chancellor –

that she did bat very strongly for our side  but was not essentially hostile to Europe.

Mrs Thatcher, coming in as an outsider  determined to shake things up,

doing some good in terms of some  of the reforms that she brought about –

nonetheless did the country,  I'm sorry to say,

a lot of damage in its relations  with its European partners.

I fear that she may have set the country  on a path out of the European Union.

She was someone  who won three general elections,

who spanned from the 1970s  into the 1990s

and who was Britain's  first woman Prime Minister.

Whatever disagreements there were – and  Labour had many disagreements with her,

nevertheless she was  a historic figure for Britain.

Many people in Britain who disagreed  with her still respected her achievements.

in expressing sympathies and  condolences on her passing.