Removal of European, the first person in France to get fresh tonic (8)
I believe the answer is:
ejection
'removal' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Forcible removal ' mean 'ejection' so perhaps 'removal' could also mean 'ejection')
'european the first person in france to get fresh tonic' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'the first person in france' becomes 'je' ('I' - the grammatical first person - in French).
'to get' says to put letters next to each other.
'fresh' is an anagram indicator.
'tonic' anagrammed gives 'ction'.
'e'+'je'+'ction'='EJECTION'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ejection that I've seen before include "Forcible removal" , "Act of throwing out" , "Ousting" , "Forcible expulsion" , "Forcible throwing out" .)