Pored toga, neke utjecajne države-članice tvrde da bi se Ankari trebalo ponuditi "privilegirano partnerstvo", a ne punopravno članstvo -- stav u vezi s kojim se Droutsas ne slaže.
In addition, some influential member states have been arguing that Ankara should be offered a "privileged partnership" rather than full-fledged membership -- a position Droutsas takes issue with.