Most people don't get to vote directly for their government. They vote for a local representative, or MP.
In the EU, most countries don't even have a government party, because most governments are coalitions, which may not have even existed before the elections.
So you don't even get to vote for the party of government, nor its leader. It's all very indirect.
It's simple! You just vote for someone who then votes for the person who decides who will vote for the person that is the European president.
It's like democracy except so indirect that it's total shit.
Can't trust the people to actually choose who to put in charge - have to leave that decision to the leaders selected by the other leaders who were voted by the other leaders.
In the EU, most countries don't even have a government party, because most governments are coalitions, which may not have even existed before the elections.
So you don't even get to vote for the party of government, nor its leader. It's all very indirect.