EU can't run Italy debt risks - Kurz

(ANSA) - Brussels, October 19 - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Friday the European Union cannot afford to run risks linked to Italian debt.
    Arriving for an EU-Asia summit in Brussels, the EU duty chief said "as "European Union, we are not disposed towards accepting the risk of taking on this debt for Italy".
    Kurz said "the EU is an economy and a community of values, and it works because there are common rules everyone must adhere to.
    "If these rules are broken, and Italy moves far away from Maastricht (budget parameters), then it means that Italy puts itself in danger, but obviously it alos puts at risk the others".