Silvia Costa (born 12 June 1949) is an Italian journalist and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019.

Costa was born in Florence and received a degree in modern literature from the Sapienza University of Rome.

[3] Costa sat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Christian Democracy party from 1983 to 1994.

[3] Costa was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 for the Democratic Party and was reelected in 2014.

During her time in parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education and served as its chair from 2014 to 2017.