translation: you don t know who would do a betterjob - than angela merkel. they all say they d do it better but 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. ein grosses thema. forweeks, it looked as though this man would be the next german chancellor. olaf scholz, social democrat and finance minister of angela merkel s coalition government is still leading the polls, but onlyjust. armin laschet, whjo representatives angela merkel s armin laschet, who representatives angela merkel s conservatives narrowed the gap, perhaps because the outgoing chancellor, who had vowed to avoid the election campaign, has been at his side in recent days. the future government, she said today, must provide wealth, security and peace that is what we stand for . germany s green party, under annalena baerbock, will most likely