Eric Weber
Eric Weber (born 24 June 1963) is a Swiss populist publisher, journalist, and far-right politician. He currently serves his third term as a member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt for his independent VA, which is basically his own political movement without any other members. Early life and education Weber was born in Basel, Switzerland on 24 June 1963 to Rudolf Weber and a German-born mother, who hailed originally from Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. He was primarily raised in Reigoldswil in Basel-Landschaft. His father, a travel agent, served one term as a member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt since 1968 and became the successor of James Schwarzenbach as president of the Swiss Democrats. Weber completed a commercial apprenticeship as a travel agent. Career Weber started his career after completing his apprenticeship at Oltner Tagblatt, a daily newspaper in Olten, Switzerland, as a volunteer in the editor's office. He was a full-time politician between 1984 and 1992. As a result of manipulations in the run-up to the 1988 Grand Council elections, Weber was convicted by the Basel Criminal Court in August 1991 and by the Court of Appeal in November 1992. Weber then moved the judgement forward to the Federal