Directing sequence involving Europeans (8)
I believe the answer is:
steering
'directing' is the definition.
(steering is a kind of directing)
'sequence involving europeans' is the wordplay.
'sequence' becomes 'string' (I've seen this in another clue).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'europeans' becomes 'ee' (an abbreviation for European written twice).
'string' placed around 'ee' is 'STEERING'.
(Other definitions for steering that I've seen before include "Controlling the direction" , "Mechanism that allows a vehicle to be guided" , "Guiding or showing the way" , "Con's activity" , "This wheel guides using integers" .)