The National Assembly’s Finance Committee concluded its week-long examination of the 2026 draft Budget on Friday 7 November 2025 with three sessions devoted to external action, culture and agriculture. Although the Immigration, Asylum and Integration mission had been debated two days earlier, MPs from all sides used the closing sessions to revisit migration funding in light of the France terre d’asile report released the same morning. Rapporteur Charles Rodwell confirmed that appropriations for visa and asylum processing will rise 6.8 % next year to €2.45 billion, including €120 million to roll out biometric Entry/Exit System kiosks at French ports and airports.
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Several opposition amendments sought to reallocate part of the diplomatic network’s €80 million IT upgrade towards beefed-up border police, but were rejected. Businesses welcomed the committee’s green-light for a €35 million pilot of “France Mobility Online”, a single portal that will let companies pre-fill work-permit applications and track status in real time—scheduled to go live in October 2026.
The full Assembly will open first-reading debate on 18 November. If the spending hikes survive the legislative process, corporate mobility departments can expect shorter visa lead-times once the new portal and EES kiosks are deployed. However, the Ministry of the Interior warned that an extra 150 border-police officers must still be funded in the 2026 Supplementary Budget to avoid airport bottlenecks.
Several opposition amendments sought to reallocate part of the diplomatic network’s €80 million IT upgrade towards beefed-up border police, but were rejected. Businesses welcomed the committee’s green-light for a €35 million pilot of “France Mobility Online”, a single portal that will let companies pre-fill work-permit applications and track status in real time—scheduled to go live in October 2026.
The full Assembly will open first-reading debate on 18 November. If the spending hikes survive the legislative process, corporate mobility departments can expect shorter visa lead-times once the new portal and EES kiosks are deployed. However, the Ministry of the Interior warned that an extra 150 border-police officers must still be funded in the 2026 Supplementary Budget to avoid airport bottlenecks.
