Imbalance of popular European property (10)

I believe the answer is:

inequality

'imbalance' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'popular european property' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' (something that's 'in' is fashionable).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'property' becomes 'quality' (quality is a kind of property).
'in'+'e'+'quality'='INEQUALITY'

'of' acts as a link.

(Another definition for inequality that I've seen is " Disparity".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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