Parisi on his Milan mayoral run

(ANSA) - Milan, May 9 - Milan center-right mayoral candidate Stefano Parisi said Monday he will focus on leading the city and not on his national ambitions should he win the June local election.
    However his victory would give the center-right an impetus on the national level as well, he told journalists at an ANSA forum in Milan.
    "A victory in Milan will be very useful to pull the center-right coalition back together again," said the ex CEO of Fastweb, who is backed by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI), the rightwing, anti-immigrant Northern League, and the small rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party.
    "We are trying to move beyond the center-right," added Parisi, the proponent of a moderate, liberal approach that would cut taxes and promote the private sector.
    "(League leader Matteo) Salvini knows very well a moderate candidate like me is needed in order to win," the businessman said.