"The recovery will be a generational challenge, not only for Italy but for Europe as a whole," von der Leyen said.
No country can do it alone, "so solidarity is not only the most ethical choice but also the most effective way to deal with a crisis of this magnitude," she said.
Conte first introduced the idea of this conference on June 4, when he said that "with the arrival of this (coronavirus) crisis, the third since 2009, our country's gross domestic product (GDP) will fall back to 2000 levels."
"In the past 13 years more than two million people have left Italy, emptying (it) of many of its most precious energies," the prime minister said on June 4.
Writing on Facebook on June 12, Conte listed some of the objectives of his recovery plan, which include 120 billion euros' worth of public works, a high-speed train network in the country's chronically impoverished South, and a national fiber-optic network.
"These are just some of the objectives at the basis of (our) Recovery Plan," Conte wrote on June 12. "We will discuss these topics in the coming days... with all those who are ready to get to work to get Italy restarted right away."
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