____________________________and decide if the Chancellor Angela Merkel will serve a third term in office. In her final election rally, Mrs. Merkel told her Christian Democrats supporters that the race would be a close one. Her main rival Peer Steinbrueck of the opposition Social Democrats described the current government as backward looking. ___________________________并决定总理安吉拉.默克尔是否能够获得第三期连任.默克尔在最后一次竞选集会上告诉其基督教民主党支持者们这次选举竞争很激烈.她的主要竞争对手、反对派社会民主党的佩尔?施泰因布吕克称现任政府是"向后看"的守旧政府.