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Government of European politician facing anger (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

empire

'government' is the definition.
(empire is a kind of government)

'european politician facing anger' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'politician' becomes 'mp'.
'facing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'anger' becomes 'ire' ('ire' can be a synonym of 'anger').
'e'+'mp'+'ire'='EMPIRE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for empire that I've seen before include "Multinational" , "Wide dominion" , "Group of countries ruled by single supreme authority" , "Supreme rule" , "The domain of a ruler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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