Translate the following English sentence to French:
"We have a serious situation in which in the European Union today, there is a genuine link between unemployment and poverty, as demonstrated by the very worrying fact that unemployment has reached, on average, 23.7% in the regions worst affected, regions which also happen to be poor areas, whilst in the 25 regions with the lowest unemployment, corresponding to the richer areas, unemployment stands at just 4%."
La situation est grave, il y a un rapport évident entre le chômage et la pauvreté dans l'Union européenne. Le chômage atteint en moyenne 23,7 % dans les territoires les plus touchés, qui coïncident avec les zones pauvres ; les 25 territoires les moins concernés par le chômage correspondent aux zones riches, leur taux de chômage étant de 4 % seulement.