In the United States, the political Left and Right are defined as being on the statist vs. libertarian spectrum, but that simply isn't true in the rest of the world nor has it been true historically. When the statist Bolsheviks overthrew the statist Monarchists in Russia, only a fool would call the Monarchists "left wing" or "socialists" because they weren't US-style libertarians.
Similarly, the political spectrum in France and most of the rest of Europe isn't framed in terms of large vs. small government. It's framed in terms of whether they want EU identity or national identity. It's framed in terms of people who want an ethno-state and culture vs. those who want to flood the country with Third World immigrants. Condemning nationalist movements in Europe on the grounds that they aren't economic libertarians means implicit support for the alternative: multiculturalism and internationalism, because that's the only alternative.
The Nazi Party of France isn’t on the right.
The best political spectrum isn’t right/left (an invention of the communists), but liberty v. slavery. It’s clearer.
We need to circulate this video again for a reminder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klm6yZxDmJc