regional imbalances

However, at present there are regional imbalances in gas supply across the country.

The country has had difficulties addressing regional imbalances in wealth and employment.

If we only serve the capital there is no doubt that regional imbalances will only increase.

The Commission, in the review of the structural funds, must give consideration to the various regional imbalances.

There is no doubt that the Union is still marked by social, economic and regional imbalances.

Significant regional imbalances would remain between the parties.

From the statistics which we do have available it is possible to conclude that regional imbalances have only become greater.

We must remember that excessive regional imbalances constitute an economic and political threat to the European Union.

It found "vast differences" in the staffing of schools within districts, as well as significant regional imbalances.

The gaps between growth regions and areas of rural depopulation may widen, resulting in increased regional imbalances.

The Madrid Council then decided to reduce regional imbalances, not least as a means of combating long-term unemployment.

The following chapter considers the various policies which have been proposed to deal with regional imbalances and is then followed by a study of inner cities.

And that sharpened the fundamental quandary that Britain's regional imbalances present to economic planners.

It is widely accepted, if not empirically demonstrated, that the prospect of widening regional imbalances poses a threat to economic and monetary union.

The notions related to horizontal fiscal relations are related to regional imbalances and horizontal competition.

Yet the overall food sufficiency registered by Chad in these years served to underscore the problem of regional imbalances in cereal production.

First of all, many speakers stressed that globalisation accentuates regional imbalances and social inequality, and increases poverty.

Labour would not tolerate the regional imbalances that disfigured the economy, and the waste of resources which had occured under the Tories.

Under these circumstances, the Maharashtra Government appointed a committee, to study regional imbalances in Maharashtra.

Once again, regional policy appears to be the lynchpin of the entire Hungarian strategy, capable of providing integrated responses to the economic crisis and regional imbalances.

Let us remember the need to increase the Community budget in order to have the capacity to counteract the regional imbalances that the market and the single currency can generate.

I think this consultation is essential in view of the importance of the ERDF in correcting regional imbalances.

There is also a high risk that EMU, with its one-sided preoccupation with fighting inflation, will lead to increased unemployment and increased regional imbalances.

The policies being pursued cause greater regional imbalances, increasing structural unemployment, increased unemployment among poorly educated women, a continuing increase in the number of disabled people without work.

We all agree on the need to make progress on national quotas, and that appointments should be made on the basis of merit, but this cannot justify certain regional imbalances.