Finish around no-good French article in the country (7)
I believe the answer is:
england
'the country' is the definition.
(country of the United Kingdom)
'finish around no-good french article' is the wordplay.
'finish' becomes 'end' (come to an end).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'no good' becomes 'ng' (abbreviation).
'french article' becomes 'la' (definite article in French).
'ng'+'la'='ngla'
'end' going around 'ngla' is 'ENGLAND'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for england that I've seen before include "Cricket team" , "1A 30 [TEST TEAM]" , "Dan Glen is a neighbour" , "Vera Lynn was sure there would always be one" , "Lend nag to the neighbour" .)