BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chances of cobbling together a government in Germany’s current parliament look slim. But the long-time leader is already signaling that she will run in any new election and it appears far too early to start writing Merkel off. Merkel’s trademark calm was on display hours after coalition talks collapsed. She brushed aside suggestions that she was a lame duck, telling ARD television that she was “a woman who has responsibility and is ready to continue taking responsibility.” Her pre-election commitment to serve another four years stands, she added. Merkel has good reasons not to be too worried about her future for now, despite recent setbacks. Germany’s Sept. 24 election wasn’t kind to Merkel’s conservative Union bloc, whose vote tally of 32.9 percent was its worst since the first post-World War II election in 1949. But it was still easily the biggest group — far ahead of challenger Martin Schulz’s center-left Social Democrats, whose disastrous 20.5-percent showing left them facing an uphill struggle to rebuild support. While hardly helpful, the result hasn’t yet triggered any serious questioning of Merkel’s position inside the party. After 12 years as chancellor and 17 as her Christian Democratic Union’s leader, the 63-year-old still has no obvious successor who could match her broad party support and appeal to a wide public, or indeed who is prepared yet to make a move against her. “Merkel has not suffered yet,” because she has “stayed true to her