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The far right in Europe is different than in America. Right wing movements [such as Le Pen’s] in Europe often differ in significant ways from the right wing that’s made in the U.S.A. Put aside the usual caricature of “people in pointy hoods and the Ku Klux Klan,” Marine Le Pen says, and she still believes “the American right is much more to the right than the National Front.” She might agree with those who want to manage American frontiers more effectively and prevent massive illegal immigration, but she’s also a big believer in the state’s ability and obligation to help its people. “We feel the state should have the means to intervene,” she says. “We are very attached to public services à la française as a way to limit the inequalities among regions and among the French,” including “access for all to the same level of health care.”

Analysis:

Perhaps the American right is more far-right in terms of government, but I suspect not in terms of immigration and other issues.  For example, the euro-skeptics are much more skeptical of the EU than the state rights advocates in America are of the US. I am struck by the fact that the far right in Europe is for universal health-care. Notice that the assumption is that the states of the EU (e.g., France) should cover health-care policy.In the US, by contrast, health-care policy is assumed to properly reside with the US Government rather than with the states. Also, it seems that the wealthy “I don’t want to help others with my tax dollars—just defense” view doesn’t seem to get much political expression in the EU.

Source: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/05/how-marine-le-pen-is-changing-french-politics.html