Made a mistake and ran to suppress articles in Europe (9)
I believe the answer is:
blundered
'made a mistake' is the definition.
(blundering is a kind of making a mistake)
'ran to suppress articles in europe' is the wordplay.
'ran' becomes 'bled' ('bleed' can be a synonym of 'run').
'to suppress' indicates putting letters inside.
'articles in europe' becomes 'under' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bled' enclosing 'under' is 'BLUNDERED'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for blundered that I've seen before include "Made a serious mistake or made one's way blindly" , "Made a stupid error" , "Slipped" , "Moved about awkwardly and clumsily" , "Committed a faux pas" .)