Looking at her political views, you can see she is empathetic towards the French identity and favors (from her pov) patriotic ideologies. You can read more here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Marine_Le_Pen
It makes sense why the French people are choosing RN—globalization and neoliberalism created a lot of socioeconomic “losers”, and they’re getting their revenge by voting out centrists whose policies are to blame. This is even is clearer looking at the next party that’s winning right now, the leftist and anti-cap socialists.
The far-right is making massive gains around the globe with appeals to nationalism. Wonder why that could be.
Far right is on the decline in countries which follow the Nordic model
News: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/06/10/european-elections-far-right-on-the-decline-in-nordic-countries_6674410_4.html#
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model
Edit my point is that yes there are many racists and actual fascists getting a leg up in recent politics, but the main conflict seems to be that people want policies which promise economic/social benefits and protections
They’re not in Australia. We rejected the right at the last election after decades of them.