Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday echoed Premier Giorgia Meloni's jibe about Italian trade unions scheduling strikes for Fridays so they could enjoy long weekends after the CGIL federation called a general strike against the budget on Friday December 12 following a strike on Gaza on a Friday last month.     "The CGIL has announced a general strike on December 12th. And who knows why, on a Friday... We invite (leader Maurizio) Landini, for once, to abandon the long