An effort by European Union leaders to deliver €5 billion ($5.4 billion) to secure ammunition for Ukraine this year was held up by France and Italy, European diplomats said, another sign of the challenges the bloc faces in replacing US support for Kyiv.
For youngsters not knowing “penny-wise & pound-foolish”,
the modern equivalent is “cent-intelligent but euro-idiotic”.
Pennies & pounds haven’t been encountered by most of the world’s population for … generations, now?
& yeah, PugJesus nailed it spot-on.
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