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Cause to be joyous, as European Community stagnation ending in June (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ecstasise

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'cause to be joyous' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'european community stagnation ending in june' is the wordplay.
'european community' becomes 'EC' (abbreviation).
'stagnation' becomes 'stasis' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ending in' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'june' is 'e'.
'ec'+'stasis'+'e'='ECSTASISE'

'as' is the link.

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