Get rid of European predicament (6)
I believe the answer is:
scrape
'predicament' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'get rid of european' is the wordplay.
'get rid of' becomes 'scrap' (I've seen this before).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'scrap'+'e'='SCRAPE'
(Other definitions for scrape that I've seen before include "Rub; (bow and) be humble" , "Abrasion or mischievous excapade" , "Clear or smooth by grating" , "Capers (anag.)" , "Thinly applied butter - or jam!" .)