Policy focus 3 January 2019 Investment in Social Infrastructure in Europe: Assessing a High-Level Idea By Francesco Filippucci In January 2018 the European Commission issued an interesting discussion paper by Lieve Fransen, Gino del Bufalo and Edoardo Reviglio, which reported the considerations made by the High-Level Task Force on Investing in Social Infrastructure in Europe, chaired by Romano Prodi and Christian Sautter.