Socio-economic changes in Poland during the last decade are interpreted in a way far different. On success story show mainly their authors. On the other hand, opponents of this thesis show many defeats. These are the appearance and brevity of successes and significantly uneven development of the country in the regional. The voice of negation, which is the result of empirical research papers, rarely reaches into the mainstream of information. The condition for support policy development on sound intellectual knowledge of the facts determining of development processes and their consequences. Verbalism inscribed in EU development policy focused on the creation of a “European land of prosperity” rarely is covered by tangible benefits for the whole community of the European community, and simultaneously sharpen the socio-economic inequalities, including in Poland. Progressive divergence inside the country confirmed by the analysis of relational indicator being the main background presented theoretical considerations.