The lenders are unhappy that the Greek government plans to spend six hundred and seventeen million euros on giving one point one million poor state pensioners a pre-Christmas bonus.
The European Stability Mechanism which is the body that helps Eurozone governments in trouble said it had not been asked to agree the bonus.
The Greek Prime Minister ALEXIS TSIPRAS has however refused to back down.
A government official said TSIPRAS would ask parliament today to approve the pensioners’ bonus.
The ESM said it would now be scrutinizing the proposed handout.
