Els rescats tenien com a contrapartida estrictes mesures d'austeritat imposades pels creditors: el Fons Monetari Internacional (FMI), la Comissió Europea i el Banc Central Europeu, també coneguts com la troika.
The packages were bound by strict austerity measures from bailout creditors International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission, and the European Central Bank — also known as the Troika.