Eric Michael Weber (born 24 June 1963) is a Swiss populist publisher, journalist, and far-right politician.

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.

[8] 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.

[9] Subsequently, he moved to his mothers homeland, and settled in Hof, Germany where he began to work as an independent journalist.

[16] After attempting to participate in elections as a candidate of either the Swiss Democrats or the Swiss People's Party in 2002, Weber formed his own group, called Volksaktion gegen zuviele Ausländer und Asylanten in unserer Heimat ("popular action against too many foreigners and asylum seekers in our homeland"), participating in the 2003 federal elections.