There was a time when the French left turned its nose up at all things American. Too low-brow for them. Not now. The victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral race has caused much joie de vivre in left-circles.

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the Gallic Bernie Saunders and the leader of the far-left La France Insoumise, described Mamdani’s win as ‘very good news’.

The general secretary of the centre-left Socialist party, Olivier Faure, posted a smiley face on X above a headline in Le Monde , hailing Mamdani as ‘the youngest mayor in New York history’.

Mamdani referenced his age during his victory speech in Brooklyn. ‘The conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate,’ he proclaimed. ‘I a

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