Badge identifying North American politician in Europe (deceased) (9)
I believe the answer is:
nameplate
'badge identifying north american' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'politician in europe deceased' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'MEP' (Member of European Parliament).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'europe' becomes 'na' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'deceased' becomes 'late' (late can mean dead).
'na'+'late'='nalate'
'mep' inserted into 'nalate' is 'NAMEPLATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nameplate that I've seen before include "for handle at entrance" , "Notice telling who is the occupant" , "One identifies" , "It may be attached to an office door" , "Plaque" .)