Joseph 'Jup' Weber is a Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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ian politician.

Weber was instrumental in the foundation of the original Greens

The Greens (Luxembourg)

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 in 1983, and joined the Green List Ecological Initiative when the party split in two in 1985. After the two halves reunited, Weber was one of Luxembourg's six Members

Member of the European Parliament

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 of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 (1994–1999). He left the Greens in 1995, defecting in the European Parliament to the European Radical Alliance

European Radical Alliance

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. In 1999, his new party, the Green and Liberal Alliance

Green and Liberal Alliance

The Green and Liberal Alliance was a green liberal political party in Luxembourg. It was led by Jup Weber, who was instrumental in founding the Greens and had been one of Luxembourg's six Members of the European Parliament....

, ran against the Greens in both the legislative elections

Luxembourgian legislative election, 1999

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 and European elections

European Parliament election, 1999 (Luxembourg)

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. The party was beaten into sixth place in all legislative circonscriptions

Legislative circonscriptions (Luxembourg)

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and in the European election. After this failure to break through, the party was disbanded.