Europe: its bigot surprisingly lower middle class (5,9)

I believe the answer is:

petit bourgeois

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'middle class' is the definition.
(petit bourgeois is a kind of middle class)

'europe its bigot surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'europe'+'its'+'bigot'='europeitsbigot'
'europeitsbigot' is an anagram of 'PETIT BOURGEOIS'.

'lower' is the link.
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(Another definition for petit bourgeois that I've seen is " Lower middle class (person)".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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