Independent carrying news during European Union malaise (5)
I believe the answer is:
ennui
'malaise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'independent carrying news during european union' is the wordplay.
'independent' becomes 'i'.
'carrying' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'news' becomes 'nn' (I've seen this in other clues).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'european union' becomes 'eu'.
'nn' put inside 'eu' is 'ennu'.
'i' after 'ennu' is 'ENNUI'.
(Other definitions for ennui that I've seen before include "Boredom or discontent" , "Lower interest rate" , "Feeling of dissatisfaction" , "bore" , "Boredom, dullness" .)