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Italy's Prime Minister has said to The Bbc that the European Union is in danger, otherwise, as a project in the coronavirus Crisis .

Giuseppe Conte says, the EU needs an appropriate and coordinated manner to help the countries most affected by The Virus .

Mr Conte says, the European Union will have The Challenge of what he calls "the greatest test since The Second World War ".

This Was his first interview with the British broadcasting since the pandemic exploded in Italy, Seven Weeks ago.

He spoke on how Italy and some other EU-countries try to push the More economical members of The Bloc to issue so-called "corona-Bonds " - parts of the fault that all EU-to help States would be to pay off. In the Netherlands, especially against the idea, causing a collision between the Finance Ministers of the Euro-Zone.

The Italian Prime Minister , told The Bbc that the European heads of state and government, heads of "a Rendezvous with history", you might not miss it.

"If we do not seize the opportunity, to is New Life in the European project, The Risk of failure is real. "

The infection rate in Italy is slow - the latest figures show a positive cases from the previous day by a little More Than 1%. Two Weeks ago, the increase amounted to 7%.

The number of fatalities to signs of fall, of 919 Two Weeks ago, 542 deaths in the last 24 hours. But Giuseppe Conte has warned Italy is lower his guard, and said that The National lockdown, imposed on 9. March could only loosened gradually. to get

"We need to sectors, the resumption of their activities. If scientists confirm, we could start to relax some of the measures already by The End of this month. "

More Than 17,000 people died in Italy from Covid-19

Mr Conte has won acclaim for his government's handling of The Crisis - a recent survey by Demos. But critics argue that the restrictions announced in The First few days were slow and piecemeal.

first resistor, a push by some politicians in the Lombardy, the Northern Region is the most imposing of the outbreak, to take More stringent measures faster. As a delegation from the Chinese Red Cross came to Milan in the middle of March, she sharply criticized what they saw as The Italian lax lockdown.

But the Prime Minister defended his government's actions.

"let's Go back, I would do the same," He Said . "We have a very different system to China. For us, considerably to the Constitution to restrict legitimate freedoms was an important decision we had to, very carefully. If I had suggested that a lockdown or limits the constitutional rights at the start, if it were The First Cluster, the people would have me for a lunatic. "

Italy claims that one of the reasons for the large number of cases here is that it has conducted More tests than in many other Western countries.

While the UK now an average of around 14 ' 000 tests per day, in Italy the testing of the level is about twice as high. In the last few days, there are More Than 50,000 tests.

Mr Conte refused to criticise without being directly a different country for the exam to be easy - But he has compared it to the "handling of The Situation in The Dark ".

the slowdown in The rate of infection is gradually sedative in the intensive care unit, although in Lombardy, and in some other areas, stay close to the capacity limit.

And The Toll on Italy's medic was immense - died almost 100 doctors.

In recent days, Italy, More Than 50,000 coronavirus-tests

carried out., some backup countries such as China, Cuba and Russia, who have sent medical teams and supplies

Moscow has seized the initiative for their Public Relations work, add a message "from Russia With Love " to the level of the equipment. Russian State television footage of an Italian Man replaced the EU flag with a Russian.

when Asked, if Russia were to help Italy, the conditions and, if applicable, including The Italian government, the support of the lifting of EU sanctions against Moscow, Mr Conte hit.

"The mere insinuation offended me deeply," He Said . "It is an insult to The Italian government... and also to Vladimir Putin , who would not dream of using this as a lever. "

the Prime Minister , Giuseppe Conte told The Bbc that the coronavirus was the biggest test since The Second World War ,

is The fact that Italy needs all The Friends it can suggesting get at The Moment with the latest projections that the outbreak will lead to rise its economy contract by More Than 11% and The National debt to unsustainable highs.

The Prime Minister called it an "economic and social emergency", that the examination of the financial structure of each country. In Southern Italy there were the club is raided isolated cases of super-markets. Four weeks in the country-wide lockdown, patience will be tested.

And as this Crisis grinds on, Italians growing exhausted with The Daily loss of hundreds of lives. Maybe there's hope that the worst of the outbreak is behind you - But it will take A Generation to recover.

"I feel The Pain of the gaping wound that this nation will experience," Mr. Conte said. "Behind the numbers, the names and the family names, the Life Stories and broken families. The Italian nation is suffering. "

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