Ah they are elected, just by either representatives or govts, I forget which exactly.
Place would be a horror story if people had a vote on everything, homeless people would be 100x because everyone would vote not to pay tax, be no services, no funding for anything and a public execution after a kangaroo court on every corner each week.
People really are selfish c**ts, I wouldn't want to govern. Who'd want that f***ing headache.
The EU is good for me, it's a stick I can use to beat my own govt with if I need to. Someone once said about democracy that it's the least worst system