ROME (Reuters) – An Italian minister and co-founder of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party sarcastically took aim at the European Central Bank, pointing to how its policy moves taken on Thursday were hitting Italian markets. The ECB hiked its deposit rate by 50 basis points and its President Christine Lagarde told reporters rates would continue to rise “significantly” and at a steady pace. “I don’t understand the Christmas present President Lagarde has decided to give Italy,” Defence Minister Guido Crosetto tweeted alongside a chart showing a widening yield spread between Italian and German …