Turkish PM: ‘Privileged Partnership’ Unacceptable

Erdogan reached out to the French people in an interview with the French daily Le Monde and stressed that a membership date is the only thing acceptable to Turkey. The interview will be published today in Le Monde’s afternoon edition. "We demand a date to start negotiations," said the Turkish Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, there is significant pressure to append the December 17th summit draft to reflect that negotiations will be open ended and that if they fail, a "privileged partnership" option should be considered.