In fact it's an easier sell, isn't it? You're not adopting a language of one of the 4 major members, you're adopting the first language of a small member on the

In fact it's an easier sell, isn't it? You're not adopting a language of one of the 4 major members, you're adopting the first language of a small member on the periphery (Ireland) that happens to be a second language of so many Europeans that no other European language comes close.