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

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.