The far-right party in France is against cutting healthcare benefits, and wants to increase pension benefits to match inflation. No wonder they're gaining ground.
Here is a listing of the positions of the different parties, on the different major-issues..
Since I've no idea who's far-right vs far-left, or where these issues are in the French people's opinion, therefore I'm culturally-blind in seeing this,
like being colorblind while looking at a Durer painting..