Possible Clues:

• Ruffle EU -- lots must be upset
• Austere lots to drop rates? It could make your hair stand on end!
• Make a mess of relieving foreign consulate of can
• Muss, as one's coif
• Dishevel (hair)
• EU's lot managed to make a mess
• Muss, as the hair
• Mess up, as one's hair
• Somersault without arms? It could make your hair stand on end!
• Of hair, rumple or disturb