Men der er hovedsageligt positive ting at sige om Marco Polo II. Det positive er reduktionen af minimumstærsklerne, da netop små og mellemstore virksomheder hidtil nærmere ikke har deltaget i programmet.
Most of what can be said about Marco Polo II is, however, encouraging; it is in those terms that one can describe the reduction in the minimum grant thresholds, since the programme did not previously apply to small and medium-sized enterprises.