Delight European with strange tale (5)
I believe the answer is:
elate
'delight' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'european with strange tale' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'tale' with letters rearranged gives 'elat'.
'e' put after 'elat' is 'ELATE'.
(Other definitions for elate that I've seen before include "Overjoy" , "Raise the spirits of" , "Lift (the spirits)" , "Make joyful and proud" , "Fill with optimism" .)