[jrnvs]

Certainly not all EU Governments are elected. In The Netherlands, for example, you vote for Parliament. Parliamentary leaders then seek an agreement and propose a cabinet, which is formally instated by the King. When you cast your vote, you don't know who will be in government, nor do you have any say in it.

I'm a proponent of this system, just wanted to point out that governments are not necessarily elected. I think the same holds in many other EU countries, e.g., Belgium and Germany.

[rndgermandude]

Uh, you may not be able to directly elect a government, but you still elect the parliament which then chooses the government. So yes, you have a say in it, by casting your vote in the parliamentary elections for the party you want to see in government.

And yes regarding Germany: Germans vote for parties in a parliamentary election; in the parliament a party or coalition of parties who can get the necessary majority votes will elect the Chancellor (head of government), who then is formally appointed by the President. The Chancellor then proposes cabinet members who are formally appointed by the President.