The border was shut in late 2023 amid suspicions Russia was deliberately funneling groups of migrants to Finnish checkpoints as part of a campaign of instrumentalised migration.
The new model would mean that people who move to Finland from abroad, but do not yet have a job, would no longer be entitled to the same level of unemployment benefit as other jobseekers.
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) said he told Emmanuel Macron that Finland was very interested in cooperating with the initiative, but added that a decision will be made later.
The Helsinki Transport Authority (HSL) has become stricter about issuing fines for tickets purchased on the app after the bus or tram has started moving.
With less than a year before parliamentary elections, PM Petteri Orpo’s National Coalition Party remains in second place but has gained ground against its main rival, the Social Democratic Party.