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The Brits joined later because they were broke and had lost their empire.

And the Germans joined to cleanse themselves of genocide and apply for readmission to the human race. While the French only joined because they wanted to protect their inefficient farmers from commercial competition.

The British joined to screw the French by splitting them off from the Germans that and of course their foreign policy objective for at least the last five hundred years which has being to create a disunited Europe.

Couldn't help but read it in Sir Humphrey's voice. It's fascinating how accurate a 40 year old comedy drama still remains.

I don't think everyone here is familiar with "Yes, Minister", so it would probably be best if you quote it.

For anyone else interested, the parent paraphrased a scene [0] from the legendary British sitcom "Yes, Minister" (~early 80s) where the civil servant Humphrey explains, in the most cynical manner possible, how the EU (at the time EEC) came to be.

[0] https://youtu.be/rvYuoWyk8iU?t=74

You're most likely right, fortunately I don't possess quite the level of cynicism that my comment might have suggested. I do hope there was no one who believed my comment was made in anything but jest (at the expense of it's parent commenter), that would be disappointing.

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