Caught helping to keep European establishment (8)
I believe the answer is:
creation
'establishment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'caught helping to keep european' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'helping' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a serving or helping).
'to keep' is an insertion indicator.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'ration' placed around 'e' is 'reation'.
'c'+'reation'='CREATION'
(Other definitions for creation that I've seen before include "Life, the universe and everything" , "New product" , "Establishment" , "Puzzlingly" , "Dawn of time" .)