German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking at a Protestant Congress in one of the churches of the German Stuttgart, jokingly compared the social network Facebook With a " good washing machine ".

As reported in the first day of the weekend print edition, European politician talked about the problems of protection of personal information, when a child who attended the speech, said to her attitude towards the popular social network.

"Well, he can (Facebook - ed.) we have is as Good As having a good car or a washing machine," said the Chancellor to the laughter and applause from the audience.

Merkel added that the social network does not make a person happier. In her expressions, Facebook is a convenient tool for communication, but it does not have the ability to be better than meeting With friends in real life.

since the establishment of official Merkel in a social network of over one million people have given it a " like ".

before this week it was claimed that Merkel created a page on the social network instagram and added photos With prominent politicians, including the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

sections: Politics