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European cause becoming controversial (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotive

'controversial' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'european cause' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'cause' becomes 'motive'.
'e'+'motive'='EMOTIVE'

'becoming' is the link.

(Other definitions for emotive that I've seen before include "Eliciting intense feeling" , "Stirring feeling" , "Stimulating to feelings" , "Affecting, moving" , "arousing passion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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