MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Costa Cruises

Business / industry · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Italy · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Costa Cruises appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€100,000/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 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party444%
Socialists & Democrats333%
Renew Europe222%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2022).

2022
4
2023
1
2024
1
2025
2
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
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew
Alex Agius Saliba
1 meeting · S&D
Daniel Attard
1 meeting · S&D

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 May 2026Peter LieseAustausch
5 Nov 2025Alex Agius SalibaPackage Travel Directive
14 Mar 2025Daniel AttardEuropean Maritime Tourism
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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