Rome, 13 November (LaPresse) – "Yes, we have called a general strike for Friday… Friday is 12 December. Because we believe not only that the budget is unfair, but that it will lead us to disaster. And it's a sham: Giorgetti has clearly told us that this government's target is 3%, not because this will allow us to make more investments, but because it will allow us to go to Europe to ask for loans to invest in weapons and have more flexibility for next year. And next year, let's not beat around the bush, they have the budget for the elections'. So said CGIL secretary Maurizio Landini at a conference of the Italianieuropei Foundation. “So it's not that the accounts add up better because people are better off, there's a precise calculation. There's zero written on public investment” and “when they say that this would protect the middle class, what are we talking about?”, he concluded.