Broken carafes European's dropped in commotion ... (6)
I believe the answer is:
fracas
'commotion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'broken carafes european's dropped' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'dropped' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'carafes' with 'e' taken out is 'carafs'.
'carafs' anagrammed gives 'FRACAS'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for fracas that I've seen before include "A scarf (anag)" , "Skirmish" , "Bust-up" , "Melee" , "Trouble" .)