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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by spleen on Thursday March 02, 2023 @12:58AM (#34992516)
Ireland and Malta are in the EU, both with English as the official language.

This is along with the fact that English is lingua franca in EU and wider.

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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by lostlogin on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:57AM (#34992890)
> Ireland and Malta are in the EU, both with English as the official language

It’s a nitpick to be sure, but shouldn’t it be “ Ireland and Malta are in the EU, both with English as AN official language”

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Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone by petesergeant on Thursday March 02, 2023 @02:16AM (#34992982)
Sure, although English is absolutely the dominant language in almost all of the Republic of Ireland, where in Malta the situation is similar to the Netherlands, where most people it's just a very proficient second language.
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