Downfall for Scots among others, wanting European state (7)
I believe the answer is:
ukraine
'state' is the definition.
(Ukraine is an example)
'downfall for scots among others wanting european' is the wordplay.
'downfall' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of downfall**).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'scots among others' becomes 'uk'.
'wanting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'rain' put after 'uk' is 'ukrain'.
'ukrain'+'e'='UKRAINE'
(Other definitions for ukraine that I've seen before include "Country on northern Black Sea coast" , "Russia's neighbour" , "Neighbour of Russia" , "Country of eastern Europe" , "Formerly a soviet state" .)