Greek parliament approves bonuses despite EU objections

‘The Greek parliament has approved a piece of legislation to pay pensioners one-off bonuses over the objections of Greece’s eurozone creditors.
A total of 196 lawmakers out of the 257 present in a Thursday session voted to allocate 617 million euros (642.54 million dollars) in bonuses to low-tier pensioners for Christmas.
Greece’s international lenders had opposed the measure, which was announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last week.
The Eurogroup, the body of 19 eurozone finance ministers, said on Wednesday that they were suspending a series of debt relief measures granted to Athens earlier this month over the plan.’
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