Badge identifying North American politician in Europe (deceased) (9)
I believe the answer is:
nameplate
'badge identifying north american' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'politician in europe deceased' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'MEP' (Member of European Parliament).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'europe' becomes 'na' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'deceased' becomes 'late' (late can mean dead).
'na'+'late'='nalate'
'mep' going into 'nalate' is 'NAMEPLATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nameplate that I've seen before include "for handle at entrance" , "Notice telling who is the occupant" , "One identifies" , "It may be attached to an office door" , "Plaque" .)