Papandreou je taj cilj nazvao "jasnim patriotskim ciljem u svrhu upravljanja vanjskim dugom zemlje; u svrhu izbjegavanja neplaćanja suvernog duga zemlje i u svrhu garancije da će Grčka ostati u jezgri EU."
Papandreou has referred to the programme as "a clear patriotic target to manage the country's external debt; to avoid the country's sovereign default and to guarantee that Greece remains in the EU's core."