British statesman on line, counterpart of Charles de Gaulle (8)
I believe the answer is:
heathrow
'counterpart of charles de gaulle' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'british statesman on line' is the wordplay.
'british statesman' becomes 'heath' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'line' becomes 'row' (a row or line of things).
'heath'+'row'='HEATHROW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heathrow that I've seen before include "London's main airport" , "London airport" , "site for airport" , "London's busiest airport" , "lots of movement through the air here" .)