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European vote I’m fiddling – that’s controversial (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotive

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

'european vote i'm fiddling' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'fiddling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'vote'+'im'='voteim'
'voteim' anagrammed gives 'motive'.
'e'+'motive'='EMOTIVE'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emotive that I've seen before include "Contentious" , "Arousing strong feelings" , "Affecting, moving" , "Tending to arouse feelings" , "arousing passion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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