Rely on Germany taking power at last (6)
I believe the answer is:
depend
'rely' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'germany taking power at last' is the wordplay.
'germany' becomes 'de' (I've seen this in other clues).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'power' becomes 'p'.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'last' becomes 'end'.
'de'+'p'+'end'='DEPEND'
'on' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for depend that I've seen before include "Rest" , "Be contingent upon" , "Dangle - rely" , "Rely or hang on" , "Count on or hang from" .)