Yes, Minister, Series Two (1981)

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

Sir Humphrey:
[laughs moderately]

Hacker:
May we share the joke, Humphrey?

Sir Humphrey:
Oh Minister, 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?

Hacker:
To strengthen the brotherhood of free Western nations.

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

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

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

Hacker:
That certainly doesn't apply to the Germans.

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

Hacker:
I never heard such appalling cynicism! At least the small nations didn't go into it for selfish reasons.

Sir Humphrey:
Oh really? Luxembourg is in it for the perks; the capital of the EEC, all that foreign money pouring in.

Hacker:
Very sensible central location.

Sir Humphrey:
With the administration in Brussels and the Parliament in Strasbourg? Minister, it's like having the House of Commons in Swindon and the Civil Service in Kettering!