L’Unione europea tra promozione della concorrenza e contrasto del dumping sociale: un difficile equilibrio

The article deals with the difficult relationship between EU competition law and economic freedoms, on the one hand, and labour law of the member States, on the other hand. In doing that it focuses upon the most recent evolution in the subject: the ECJ cases FNV Kunsten Informatie, Bundesdrückerei, RegioPost and Sähköalojen Ammattiliitto, and the latest directives on public procurement and posted workers. In the last part of the contribution the author analyses the transposition of these two directives into the Italian law, and namely the legislative decrees n. 50/2016 and 136/2016, respectively: he points out some shortcomings that could lead to non-compliance with the two directives. In general, the essay is critical of the persistent attitude of the European Court of Justice that, notwithstanding some recent more open decisions, continues to sacrifice national social rights in front of EU economic freedoms and European integration.