Battle of Majorca a seaborne attack on the Balearic Islands seem to have surfaced independently in various Republican militia groups in the days following the joining of Ibiza, Formentera, and Majorca to Franco's Nationalist military rebellion. Already, on July 23, bomber squadrons struck Palma and Cabrera, and on August 1, a Republican expeditionary force from Menorca landed at Cabrera and resisted all efforts to dislodge it. These actions, however, and in particular the Majorca landings, were never approved by the Madrid government and had from the very beginning an air of confusion and improvisation. On August 2, Bayo assembled a column of Barcelona
2019 Balearic regional election of the main parties and coalitions which will likely contest the election: The main opposition party, the People's Party (PP), held its regional congress in March 2017, electing Biel Company as new party president over the former President of the Balearic Islands José Ramón Bauzá, who had resigned as the PP leader after the 2015 election. In May 2017, More for Minorca (MpM) was transformed into a party, electing Nel Martí as its coordinator. In October 2017, Mae de la Concha was elected as the new regional Secretary General of We Can (Podem), replacing former leader Alberto Jarabo. In June