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Gives support to European partners (8)

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I believe the answer is:

espouses

'gives support' is the definition.

'european partners' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'partners' becomes 'spouses' ('spouse' can be a synonym of 'partner').
'e'+'spouses'='ESPOUSES'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for espouses that I've seen before include "Marries, embraces" , "Takes up" , "Chooses and follows" .)

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