Made for Republican, close, with European socialist (8)
I believe the answer is:
rendered
'made' is the definition.
(rendering is a kind of making)
'republican close with european socialist' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'R' (political abbreviation).
'close' becomes 'end' (close can mean to end or finish).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'socialist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a socialist).
'r'+'end'+'e'+'red'='RENDERED'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rendered that I've seen before include "Performed - given back" , "Given; plastered" , "Delivered - covered with plaster" , "Provided, given" , "Gave - returned" .)