January 1, 2006, is just a few days away. The closer we get to the takeoff of the Austrian EU Presidency, the more we are focusing our ambitions on service. The term “ambition” is potentially ambiguous, but EU rhetoric is fond of glossing things over, at the risk of sometimes missing the link to real life. Austria’s goal when holding the chair of the EU for six months is not a saving-the-planet sort of ambition. It’s simply – Service.