Here we go again. Having been called upon to ramp up its investments in 2009 and 2010 as part of Europe's initial financial crisis fire-fighting, and then in 2012 been a central cog in the EU's ambitious but ultimately lacklustre 'Growth Compact', the European Investment Bank now finds itself at the heart of new European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker's three-year drive to boost investment in Europe, as unveiled on November 26.