The comparisons between the two formidable female leaders are almost too obvious to draw. But is Angela Merkel turning into Europe's new Margaret Thatcher?

Rewind almost three years and the trade union movement was embroiled in a bitter media spat with the private equity industry. We were asked to produce the evidence that private equity firms increased risk for the companies they acquired. Well, the evidence is now here.

I must be thick, but this story doesn't seem to make much sense to me. UK – Claims that private equity firms are driving pension funds into the control of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have been challenged by new research. According to the research conducted by Close Brothers, companies backed by private equity firms accounted for 29% of the pension schemes that had been forced to e...

Merkel announces private savings to be guaranteed in Germany Angela Merkel has announced today that Germany will guarantee all private savings accounts in the country. This follows the news that Hypo Real Estate, Germany’s second biggest commercial property lender, is in trouble after a 35bn euro rescue pacakage fell through. Ireland and Greece have already taken

European rules need to change so that countries that repeatedly break the bloc's economic guidelines can be expelled from the euro zone, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday (17 March).

Talks between Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy to try to bridge differences over new rules for the euro are cancelled at the last minute

Angela Merkel faces pressure to make a quick decision on how to get private bondholders to pay towards a €115bn Greek bail-out

In an interview with Euractiv, Javier Echarri, Secretary-General of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), criticised the EU’s proposed directive on alternative investment funds for being flawed and for discriminating against private equity, particularly through its strict disclosure requirements.

Chancellor Angela Merkel tells German MPs the UK will remain a strong EU partner, despite its decision not to sign up to an EU summit deal.

She's been patronised and ridiculed - but Angela Merkel's quiet diplomacy has won the euro a reprieve. Daniel Johnson reports.