No, not a quote from Dicken's Oliver Twist but the latest wheeze to get more money from Europe to fund the wear in Ukraine.

According to Ukrinform:

[https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3814198-european-parliament-calls-for-fixing-share-of-gdp-to-help-ukraine.html]

European parliament calls for fixing share of GDP to help Ukraine.

Kiev has urged the bloc's members to directly fund the country's military

Ukraine has proposed that EU member states allocate a fixed portion of their GDP to fund the country's armed forces. The bloc's leaders have pledged continued military support for Kiev despite a policy change by US President Donald Trump, who aims to mediate a truce.

You've got to hand it to the Ukrainians, they know how to manipulate the EU now they have pivoted away from the USA under Trump and focused their efforts on EU sponsorship.

As EU countries, and the UK, struggle fund their 'rearmament' and raise spending on their own defense - in the face of possible reduced US funding and the ludicrous narrative of a potential Russian invasion of Western Europe - Ukraine proposes an extra 'toll' on European GDPs to pay for their military as their own national debt approaches 100% of GDP.

Just like in Oliver! (1968), pretty soon there will be a 'boy for sale':

One boy - boy for sale
He's going cheap
Only seven guineas
That - or thereabouts

Fine boy - boy for sale
He's yours to keep
For one thousand pennies
You can work it out

That's four pounds three, slightly under four guineas
Knocked down from seven guineas