Translation of "Wohlstandsgefälle" in English

Disparities would become still greater.

In fact, the gap in wealth is stretching every year.

That border still represents one of the world's widest gulfs between standards of living.

The prosperity gap between the north and south of the Mediterranean is not diminishing.

The prosperity gap between the current EU, with its fifteen Member States, and the accession states is enormous.

Measures also need to be taken to address the large gulf in living standards between countries in northern Europe.

There is still a wide gap in prosperity between the industrialised and developing countries.

Income and wealth disparities should be addressed.

Brazil has very divergent levels of prosperity.

It is considerations such as these, rather than any lack of stability of regional incomes in the face of shortrun fluctuations in demand, that creates a need for regional policy.

It goes on to examine differences in average wages and labour costs which underlie disparities in in­come per head and which are both a reflection and a determinant of variations in economic perform­ance.

All Community policies have an active role to play in the reduction of regional differences in living standards.

The disparities between countries are partly related todiffering levels of wealth and also reflect differences in socialprotection systems, demographic trends, unemployment ratesand other social, institutional and economic factors.

The pace of reforms tailed off and the prosperity gap between the north and south widened.

Although such a prosperity differential does exist, the fear of undesirable migration processes seems to be exaggerated.

The prosperity gap in Lebanon is huge.

There are more countries than just ours with a huge prosperity gap.

In addition, wealth inequalities and severe poverty are matters of growing concern across the Union.

This is particularly urgent in the enlarged Union, since welfare standards in the EU continue to fall.

This was linked to fears that globalisation could have a negative impact on social protection and increase wealth disparities.

There is a growing, evident, wealth gap between the region and Poland and Lithuania.

The drop in the standard of living and the inequalities between the European Union and Mexico which already exist will be exacerbated yet further.

Larive-Groenendaal standards in stadiums should be implemented as called for by the European Parliament, a matter which also comes within your portfolio.