report. the race for the chancellery has reached the final stage. in line skaters sprinting through berlin today as those vying for germany's top job intensify their efforts to succeed angela merkel. translation: you don't know who would do a better - job than angela merkel. they'll say they would do a betterjob it's hard to believe that, no matter which party. i don't think that it's a really good time for germany but now, i think it is getting worse. forweeks, it looked as though this man would be the next german chancellor. olaf scholz, social democrat and finance minister and angela merkel�*s coalition government is still leading the polls, but onlyjust. the representative of angela merkel�*s conservatives, narrowed the gap, perhaps because the chancellor who vowed to avoid the election campaign has been at his side in recent days. the future government