RIGA — The long-awaited consolidation of Latvia’s far-right parties received yet another blow Saturday when For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK party leader Roberts Zīle announced that the question is postponed until party congress in march next year.

At the same time Zīle criticized the Union of Greens and Farmers Party, which announced last week that it would stop all negotiations about a possible coalition with national conservatives For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and All for Latvia.

The combination of these three political parties could create a worthy competitor in next year’s elections to the coalition of LPP/LC and Russian-friendly Harmony Centre. Many in For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK deputy Peteris Tabuns calls LPP/LC “traitors” because they cooperate with Harmony Centre. Next year’s elections are crucial and the fate of Latvia as a nation is in danger, according to Tabuns.

But any kind of unity between far-right parties has been shaky. Zīle said Saturday that it would be better to form a larger coalition and get more seats in Saeima next year. However, this requires compromises from all sides and at least one of the probable coalition members seems to be unwilling to take any steps back in the name of cooperation.

All for Latvia, until now a political outsider without a single seat in Saeima, has claimed that Union of Greens and Farmers cannot stop negotiations – because there have yet not been any negotiations to start with. Raivis Dzintars, one of the All for Latvia party leaders, explains on his blog that any cooperation with other political forces is conditioned on them accepting the patriotic fundamentals of All for Latvia.