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Elation centred around European agreement (7,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entente cordiale

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

'elation centred around european' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'elation'+'centred'='elationcentred'
'elationcentred' anagrammed gives 'ententecordial'.
'ententecordial'+'e'='ENTENTE CORDIALE'

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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