01/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - Reacting to the polemic on the fate reserved for Italian officials in the recent reshuffling at the European Commission (see EUROPE 9316 on comments by European Affairs Minister Emma Bonino), the Italian Commission Vice-President, Franco Frattini, states in a press release that Italy is one of the main net contributors to the EU budget and that his colleague, Siim Kallas, should therefore take Italian dissatisfaction seriously. (mg)