Political coalition (4)
I believe the answer is:
bloc
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">political coalition</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bloc that I've seen before include "A number of countries" , "Axis (political)" , "Allied country group" , "Alliance of nations" , "Combination of parties or countries" .)