Consent to remove a church in the country (6)
I believe the answer is:
greece
'country' is the definition.
(Greece is a European country)
'consent to remove a church' is the wordplay.
'consent to' becomes 'agree' (agreeing is a kind of consenting to).
'remove' suggests deleting specific letters.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'agree' with 'a' taken out is 'gree'.
'gree'+'ce'='GREECE'
'in the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for greece that I've seen before include "Country of southern Europe" , "Mediterranean country" , "Country of Hellenes" , "Country of southeast Europe" , "Country of Sophocles and Plato" .)