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Certain need to broadcast the French agreement (7,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entente cordiale

'agreement' is the definition.
(entente cordiale is a kind of agreement)

'certain need to broadcast the french' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters.
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'certain'+'need'+'to'='certainneedto'
'certainneedto' is an anagram of 'ententecordia'.
'ententecordia'+'le'='ENTENTE CORDIALE'

(Other definitions for entente cordiale that I've seen before include "Agreement" , "Understanding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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