Career in local politics In 2004, Balt first ran for elections to the
European Parliament as Poland became a member of the
European Union. As he did not manage to get a place at the European Parliament that year, later in the
local elections in 2006 and in 2010, he was elected to
Częstochowa City Council. From 2010 to 2011, he was the chairman of the City Council.
Member of the Parliament of Poland, 2011–2015 In the
parliamentary elections in 2011, he obtained a parliamentary mandate and received 5378 votes. In 2012, he was elected as a chairman of the SLD structures in the
Silesian Voivodeship. During his service at the
Polish Parliament, Balt was a member of the Health Committee, member of the Committee for Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry, member of the Committee for Senior Affairs, and vice-chairman of the standing subcommittee for monitoring waste management. In the
2015 parliamentary elections, he did not get a place again. On 23 January 2016, Balt became vice-chairman of SLD. In the
local elections in 2018, Balt was elected a councilor to the
Silesian Regional Assembly.
Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present Balt has been a
Member of the European Parliament since the
2019 European elections, representing the
Silesian Voivodeship. In parliament, he has since been serving on the
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). == References ==