https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230320-french-government-survives-no-confidence-votes-over-pension-reform

.. . .

To sum it up, Macron used what were kind of intended to
be emergency wartime powers to completely over-ride the
elected govt in order to push through his 'pension reform'
measure. The rank and file weren't even allowed to vote
on it.

So, naturally, all the pols are MIGHTLY PISSED-OFF.

However, this is where the French govt starts to look like
the current US govt ...

What they'd NEED is a "no confidence" measure. This requires
a certain number of votes. BUT - the level of partisanship
and polarization is SO extreme that each little coalition
party offers it's OWN ... but WON'T SIGN ON to those offered
by the OTHER parties. The apparent result, not enough votes
for any one measure - division has made them powerless.

Say, for example, that the Wokies press Biden to sign an XO
to disappear the 1st amendment because SOME people (very
very bad NAZI-like people !) use Freedom Of Speech/Religion
to contradict the Wokie narrative. So, they want to allow
people to say/think/believe what THEY say/think/believe and
are sure that's great thing. Could the current US govt
actually over-ride such an order ? The vote would split
pretty damned cleanly along party lines and there might
not be enough to over-ride. Instead they'd punt it to
The Courts, which would take forever to reach a decision
and it MIGHT be a partisanship-tainted decision. The
damage done in the meanwhile though .....