Jaén Merece Más

Jaén Merece Más (JM+; lit. 'Jaén Deserves More') is a Spanish political party. It was founded as a citizens' platform in 2017, to counter what it saw as neglect of the Province of Jaén. It was a founder of Empty Spain as a federation in November 2022, but left four months later due to disagreements with a vote on AVE high-speed rail in the Senate of Spain. In the 2023 Spanish local elections, it won three seats in the city council of Jaén, and became the kingmaker for larger parties to achieve a majority.

History

Jaén Merece Más began as a social movement in 2017, and was registered on 29 June that year as a platform comprising 100 organisations, excluding political parties and trade unions.[1] In 2021, it organised protests against what it saw as neglect of the Province of Jaén by the Spanish government.[2] In March 2021, the platform organised a protest when a planned military base was instead given to neighbouring Córdoba; it called for a convoy to block the Despeñaperros pass that joins Andalusia to central Spain.[1]

JM+ and fellow platform Levanta Jaén ran a joint list for the 2022 Andalusian regional election.[3] The list received 6% of the vote in the Jaén constituency, falling short of winning a seat.[2]

Jaén Merece Más was a founding organisation of Empty Spain as a federation in November 2022.[4] In the run-up to the 2023 Spanish local elections, the party separated from the federation because the member from Teruel Existe abstained on a Senate vote to introduce AVE high-speed rail to Jaén.[5]

In the elections, the party was the fifth-most voted in the province, with 2.71% of the vote, and joint seventh for seats, with 12.[6] The party won three seats on the city council in the capital Jaén, becoming the kingmaker as the People's Party (PP) and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had 11 seats each.[7] The party at first called for a grand coalition with the two others,[8] before giving its support to the PP and install Agustín González Romo as mayor.[9] The same agreements were made in Baeza and Santisteban del Puerto, while in Santiago-Pontones the PP's support allowed for a JM+ mayor.[9]

On 2 January 2025, the three JM+ councillors in Jaén supported a motion of no confidence that removed González as mayor and installed the PSOE's Julio Millán.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Cristòfol, F. J. (22 February 2021). "'Jaén merece más", la plataforma que llama a colapsar Despeñaperros: "¡Basta ya de ninguneo!"" ['Jaén Merece Más", the platform that calls to block Despeñaperros: "Enough with the ignoring!"]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b Blanco, Alba. "¿Quiénes son 'Jaén Merece Más'? El partido que tiene la llave de la gobernabilidad en la ciudad" [Who are 'Jaén Merece Más'? The party that holds the key to government in the city] (in Spanish). laSexta. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  3. ^ Sola, Ana (28 April 2022). "Las plataformas ciudadanas de Jaén acuden con una candidatura única a las elecciones de Andalucía" [Citizens' platforms from Jaén go with a joint list for the elections in Andalusia]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Nace la Federación España Vaciada para ser "una sola voz de muchas provincias" en las próximas elecciones" [Empty Spain Federation is born in order to be "one sole voice of many provinces" in the next elections"] (in Spanish). RTVE. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  5. ^ Vargas, Lino (8 November 2023). "Vientos de tormenta en la España Vaciada: la votación que tiene enfrentados a Jaén y Teruel" [Storm brewing in Empty Spain: the vote that put Jaén against Teruel]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Jaén". RTVE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  7. ^ Illana, Daniel (28 May 2023). "Jaén Merece Más se convierte en árbitro en el Ayuntamiento de la capital" [Jaén Merece Más becomes the arbiter in the capital city's council]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  8. ^ Lucena, Irene (7 June 2023). "Jaén Merece Más apuesta por un tripartito junto a PP y PSOE" [Jaén Merece Más bets on a tripartite government together with PP and PSOE] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Jaén Merece Más da al PP el gobierno de la capital y de otros dos municipios de la provincia" [Jaén Merece Más gives PP control of the capital and two other municipalities in the province] (in Spanish). Canal Sur. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  10. ^ "El PSOE recupera la alcaldía de Jaén en una moción de censura contra el PP" [PSOE recover Jaén mayor's office in a motion of no confidence in the PP] (in Spanish). RTVE. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
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