The United Kingdom has paid 768 million euros to France since 2018 under the bilateral border security agreement.
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The cumulative 'since 2018' figure (~£648m / ~€765m) is corroborated only by one secondary source (Byline Times, Aug 2026) reporting a French Senate inquiry; the primary parliamentary briefing found (House of Commons Library, CBP-9681) states the €767 million figure as the value of the NEW three-year agreement for 2026/27–2028/29, not as the cumulative total since 2018 — a possible source of confusion in the speaker's framing.
As of the 2022 UK-France agreement, the cumulative total paid since 2018 was reported at only around €200 million (Les Echos), showing that the €768 million figure depends heavily on which end-date is used and on the latest 2026 commitments.
The '1.5 billion euros in 2029' figure is a forward projection (cumulative payments by 2028/29), not money already disbursed; the speaker presents planned commitments alongside past payments without distinguishing the two.
Byline Times' £648 million figure refers to money paid but 'unaccounted for' according to a French parliamentary inquiry, i.e. the source's framing is about lack of transparency/accountability rather than a neutral statement of total transfers.