Europe's left is taking notes on Mamdani's successful campaign for New York mayor

Fatima Al-Kassab

December 04, 2025 / 8:21 am

LONDON — When Zohran Mamdani swept to a historic win in New York City's mayoral race, it made headlines well beyond the city and the United States.

Newspapers across Europe ran analyses and commentaries about it, and left-wing politicians in Europe took heart from the success of the 34-year-old American democratic socialist.

"Echoes of hope" beyond the U.S.

Claire Lejeune, a member of parliament from France's left-wing France Unbowed party, tells NPR Mamdani's victory was a "beacon of hope."

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"Its message echoes not only in the U.S., but also for us in France," Lejeune says. Her party sent members to New York to study Mamdani's winning ways

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