Yes Minister: Why European Nations Joined the Common Market

Rex Lupis · Comedy · 4 min · 2016 · YouTube title: Yes Minister explains the EEC (EU)

Why it's here

HN quotes it in threads about the EU as a satirical explanation of how Brussels bureaucracy came about.

What it covers

A short clip from the British sitcom Yes Minister in which Sir Humphrey cynically explains to Jim Hacker why European nations joined the common market.