Le parti Vox d’Espagne : la montée en puissance du populisme environnemental international

The author argues that right-wing populist parties in Europe are replacing outright climate denial with a 'green patriotism' that frames environmental protection as a nationalist and identitarian project. Using the Spanish party Vox and the French Rassemblement National (RN) as primary examples, the text describes how these parties reject 'globalist' climate policies and international cooperation in favor of national energy autarky, localism, and the preservation of national 'natural heritage'. This shift is presented as a strategic move to appeal to working-class voters and a way to integrate environmental concerns into a broader civilizational conflict between nationalist and globalist worldviews.

• The Spanish party Vox has transitioned from a position of climate change denial and misinformation toward a strategy of 'true ecology' (écologie véritable). This new approach emphasizes national 'energy autarky' and the reindustrialization of Spain into a green economy to achieve an 'economic and environmental miracle'.
• Vox's opposition to climate policy is often framed not as a rejection of science itself, but as a critique of 'environmental elites' and a 'climate religion' that the party claims is used to impose totalitarian control and bypass political contestation.
• The French Rassemblement National (RN) pioneered a shift toward 'green patriotism' through its 'Nouvelle écologie' movement launched in 2014. This ideology opposes international climate negotiations and instead promotes a 'patriotic' and 'realistic' response centered on local environmental protection and the idealization of the land.
• Hervé Juvin of the RN has developed an 'identitarian ecological localism' that links environmental preservation with the restriction of immigration and trade. This framework views 'collective diversity' as a superior value to be protected against the homogenizing effects of neoliberal globalization.
• There is an emerging trend of 'international' and 'transnational' cooperation among right-wing populists to create a common environmental agenda. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group is working to develop a free-market alternative to the EU's climate policies, which they argue impose 'unnecessary and costly burdens on businesses'.

APA

de Nadal, L. (2021). Le parti Vox d’Espagne : la montée en puissance du populisme environnemental international. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/le-parti-vox-despagne%e2%80%af-la-montee-en-puissance-du-populisme-environnemental-international/

Chicago

de Nadal, Lluis. Le parti Vox d’Espagne : la montée en puissance du populisme environnemental international. Green European Journal, 2021. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/le-parti-vox-despagne%e2%80%af-la-montee-en-puissance-du-populisme-environnemental-international/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{denadal2021parti, author = {de Nadal, Lluis}, title = {{Le parti Vox d’Espagne : la montée en puissance du populisme environnemental international}}, institution = {Green European Journal}, year = {2021}, month = nov, url = {https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/le-parti-vox-despagne%e2%80%af-la-montee-en-puissance-du-populisme-environnemental-international/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }