Patricia van der Kammen served as a member of the European Parliament for what Dutch nationalist and right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands?
Patricia van der Kammen Patricia van der Kammen (born 8 April 1972) is a Dutch politician. She served as a member of the European Parliament for the Party for Freedom between 27 September 2012 and 1 July 2014. She has been member of the States of North Brabant since 10 March 2011.
Dutch general election, 2010 General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday, 9 June 2010. It was triggered by the fall of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet on 20 February with Queen Beatrix accepting the resignation of the Labour Party ministers on 23 February. The conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), led by Mark Rutte, won the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives while the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA), led by Job Cohen, came a narrow second. It was also noted for the rise of the controversial politician Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom (PVV), which came in third. On the other hand, the election was a poor result for Balkenende and his Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), which lost half its seats and dropped from first to fourth place. The Socialist Party (SP) also lost seats. Notably, the 31 seats won by the VVD is the fewest in years, and the one-seat margin between the VVD and PvdA is the closest on record.