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Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag... by poszlem on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:21AM (#28391673)
Wait, is English not also spoken officially in Ireland?
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Re:Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-languag... by gpvos on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:17PM (#28396819)
AFAIK, each country may only designate one language as official for EU business. Otherwise, the number of language combinations for translating (which is n * (n - 1)) becomes unmanageable. Ireland chooses Irish.

English, French and German have a higher status as general EU working languages.

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