MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Costa Cruises

Company · Transport & automotive · HQ: Italy · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Costa Cruises appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Costa Cruises SpA is a leading European cruise operator with over 30K employees and 20 vessels traveling oceans to offer memorable experiences to our guests. We aspire to achieve net zero emissions from ship operations by 2050.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats542%
European People's Party433%
Renew Europe325%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
4
2023
1
2024
1
2025
5
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Peter Liese
3 meetings · EPP
Alex Agius Saliba
2 meetings · S&D
Daniel Attard
2 meetings · S&D
Jeannette Baljeu
2 meetings · Renew
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 May 2026Peter LieseAustausch
5 Nov 2025Alex Agius SalibaPackage Travel Directive
14 Mar 2025Jeannette BaljeuMaritime policy
14 Mar 2025Daniel AttardEuropean Maritime Tourism
7 Mar 2025Alex Agius SalibaPackage Travel Directive
6 Mar 2025Daniel AttardPossible Exhibition in EP
9 Sep 2024Jeannette BaljeuCruising
6 Nov 2023Kathleen van BremptAFIR and the future of hydrogen
26 Oct 2022Peter LieseETS
14 Oct 2022Peter LieseETS
11 Oct 2022Jens GiesekeAustausch zur Europapolitik
6 Jul 2022Elsi KatainenFuelEU Maritime

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