What is the "filibuster", this parliamentary rule that Biden wants to circumvent to protect the right to abortion?

Since the reversal of Roe v.

Wade who enshrined the right to abortion, Joe Biden hammers it: “

”.

But the American president finds himself paralyzed by the absence of a clear majority in Parliament.

At a press conference on Thursday, the Democrat therefore said he was ready to override the “filibuster”, a binding legislative procedure.

What is the filibuster?

The "filibuster" is a procedure specific to the Senate which allows one or more senators to block the examination of a text which they consider too divisive or important to be voted on only by a simple majority, i.e. i.e. with 51 votes.

When the "filibuster" is triggered, the text needs a qualified majority to be adopted, in this case at least 60 votes.

The process has evolved a lot throughout history.

For a long time, the "filibuster" consisted for the opposition to speak as long as possible in order to postpone the debates and to discourage the senators from voting on a text.

This…

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