Yes Minister1980

James Hacker:
Europe is a community of nations, dedicated towards one goal.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
[laughs]

James Hacker:
May we share the joke, Humphrey?

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Minister, may I? [sits] Let's look at this objectively. It is a game played for national interests and always was. Why do you suppose we went into it?

James Hacker:
To strengthen the brotherhood of free Western nations.

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Oh, really. We went in to screw the French by splitting them off from the Germans.

James Hacker:
Well, why did the French go into it, then?

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Well, to protect their inefficient farmers from commercial competition.

James Hacker:
That certainly doesn't apply to the Germans!

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
No, no. They went in to cleanse themselves of genocide and apply for readmission to the human race.