Riesco Sanz, José AlbertoGarcía López, JorgeMaira Vidal, María Del Mar2023-06-172023-06-1720190959680110.1177/0959680119860721https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13433The posting of workers is a challenge for the (national) regulatory and job protection frameworks currently in effect in the European Union. Based on the specific case of road transport, this article analyses the discourses of the principal social and institutional stakeholders (trade unions, employers' associations, European institutions and the labour inspectorate) and identifies the controversies that have arisen around the definition, regulation and assessment of worker posting and, in general, the direction in which the European unification project is heading.engThe posting of workers in the European road transport industry: An approach based on the discourses of social and institutional stakeholdersjournal articlehttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0959680119860721https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ejdopen accessUnión EuropeaDumping socialTrabajadores desplazadosTransporte por carretera.Social DumpingPosting of WorkersEuropean Union IntegrationRoad HaulagePosted Workers Directive.SociologíaUnión Europea (Unión Europea)Unión económica y monetaria europea (Unión Europea)Mercado interior europeoPolítica de la empresa europeaPolítica social europeaDerechoDerecho laboralEconomíaIntegración económicaTrabajo63 Sociología5310.91 Economía Internacional: Area Europea5310.08 Acuerdos Monetarios Internacionales5310.91 Economía Internacional: Area Europea5902.03 Política Comercial5902.15 Política Social56 Ciencias Jurídicas y Derecho53 Ciencias Económicas5309.02 Integración Económica