"Perhaps having sounded the alarm, that woke everyone up," said the head of the region since 2015, a right-wing independent who is widely viewed as having national, perhaps even presidential, ambitions. Finding solutions for Brexit, which will in theory see Britain leave the common customs system of the European Union on March 29, has entailedforward-planning, extra resources and technology, he explained. READ ALSO: The four-million truck question - Brexit dilemma facing northern France'Pragmatism' neededProblems, if there are any, are likely to come from the British side -- or EU headquarters in Brussels, Bertrand believes. "If the Brits change their norms, then we'll change our controls, but until then, let's show some common sense," he said. "We'd need hundreds of border agents who won't be there for March 29 nor even for 2020," he said.

Source: The Local February 21, 2019 10:52 UTC