The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has asked the EU "not to commit unfortunate errors" in its administration of the coronavirus emergency, cautioning that if it does, "the entire EU undertaking will lose its raison d'être".

In a meeting distributed by the Italian paper Il Sole 24 Ore on Saturday, Conte said the coronavirus pandemic could "decimate" the European economy.

"Not doing anything would leave to our youngsters the weight of a devastated economy," Conte said.

"We need to be capable. So how about we dispatch an extraordinary European Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, that would bolster the whole European economy."

The Italian PM said that there had been "more than a contradiction, a solid and forthright encounter" among himself and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the EU Council on Thursday, which was held over video gathering because of the pandemic.

"We are carrying on an emergency that has caused an extraordinary number of casualties among our kindred residents and is causing a significant financial downturn," Conte said.

"I speak to a nation that is enduring enormously. I can't stand to play for time", he included, as Italy has recorded more than 9,000 deaths since the pandemic hit the nation.

"In Italy, yet additionally in other part states, we must choose the option to take awful choices."

Conte conveyed an obvious admonition to his kindred EU pioneers: "We should abstain from settling on such awful decisions in Europe. On the off chance that Europe doesn't demonstrate itself to be up to this undertaking, the entire European task dangers losing its raison d'être according to our residents."