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Don't be so Swift with those downvotes^1.

You are suggesting, that Malta^2 is to command the ECB?

^1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Unio... -- working is not the same as official

^2 or Ireland for that matter...

Second thought: maybe English could merit a semi-official status though (if May succeeds). But most certainly not a working language (neither an official one).

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   > Don't be so Swift

It wasn't that funny the first time.

    > working is not the same as official

English is both an official language of Ireland, and a native language of Ireland. Irish is the third most commonly spoken language in Ireland, after English and Poland. A full 60% of the population of ROI considers itself to be incompetent at speaking Irish.

Malta is indeed represented on the ECB's Governing Council.

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