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Given international platform, Europe set up scheme (8)

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I believe the answer is:

intrigue

'scheme' is the definition.
(intrigue is a kind of scheme)

'given international platform europe set up' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'international' could be 'int' and 'int' is found in the answer.
'set' could be 'rig' ('rig' can be a synonym of 'set') and 'rig' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for intrigue that I've seen before include "Mysterious quality" , "Love-affair" , "'Conspiracy, machination (8)'" , "raise interest rate?" , "Secret scheme or conspiracy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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