Seems Egypt is down on its luck and needs a little help. Not that much, really. Five, maybe ten billion, “a senior EU official,” said on Wednesday.”

Since Wednesday follows Tuesday, one assumes that Mr. Official was aware of the recent unpleasantness in Cairo when he “said the European Union and other institutions and countries were considering financial support for Egypt in addition to a $4.8 billion loan which Cairo has requested from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).”