Comes across European about to get honour (6)
I believe the answer is:
esteem
'honour' is the definition.
(I know that esteem is a type of honour)
'comes across european about' is the wordplay.
'comes across' becomes 'meets' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'come across').
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'meets'+'e'='meetse'
'meetse' backwards is 'ESTEEM'.
'to get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "Consider" , "Honour - regard" , "Good opinion" , "High opinion, great respect" , "Hold in high regard and respect" .)