Intended leaving European country, frankly (3,2,3)
I believe the answer is:
man to man
'frankly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'intended leaving european country' is the wordplay.
'intended' becomes 'meant' (to mean something is to intend it).
'leaving' suggests deleting specific letters.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'country' becomes 'oman' (Oman is an example).
'meant' with 'e' taken away is 'mant'.
'mant'+'oman'='MAN-TO-MAN'
(Other definitions for man to man that I've seen before include "Straight-talking" , "Frank" .)