Re: Galileo's Plan B (and C)

"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:SNJ4i.128276$_c5.3132@xxxxxxxxxxxx
J. J. Lodder wrote:
Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A sea change appears to be taking place in Europe's Galileo program
as its political sponsors prepare to transform the Public Private
Partnership (PPP) into a more traditional institutional program
wholly sponsored by the public sector. That would move an additional
\u20ac2.4 to \u20ac3 billion onto the public tax burden but might
also represent the quickest route to completion of the GNSS project
backed by the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency

How much is \u20 ac2 ?

2.4 to 3 billion euros

The euro (currency sign: € (\u20ac) ; banking code: EUR)

But there's still ambiguity about "billions", and between dots and commas also.

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