For the ninth consecutive year, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) opens its events for the New Year with a series of presentations by some of its own policy analysts on ten of the major issues that are likely to shape the coming twelve months. The issues are: balancing scale with innovation for productivity, managing carbon ahead of the EU 2040 climate target, taking the next steps towards European economic security, strengthening capacity to invest in the future, framing the EU's future finances, waiting to move up a gear: European electric cars, helping the EU compete on artificial intelligence, strengthening the European defence industry, speeding up the return of irregular migrants, and addressing the trust polycrisis.