Father of EU divorce clause demands tough stance on British exit

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - A former Italian premier who wrote the European Union divorce clause that Britain is poised to trigger said on Thursday that Brussels should offer no concessions to London in looming negotiations to quit the trading bloc. "When it comes to the economy they have to lose," said Giuliano Amato, explaining that only then might the British reconsider abandoning the world's largest single market. Britain voted in a referendum on June 23 to leave the EU.