Greens hope to make gains in Rouen local elections As Rouen's political parties jostle for position ahead of March local elections, France's Green Party Europe-Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV)hopes to make gains as the Socialist Party's influence wanes. But many parties are claiming to be preoccupied by the environment, motivated by last year's devastating chemicals factory fire just outside the northern French city. Thousands of tonnes of chemical products burned and acrid smoke spread some 22 kilometres (14 miles) from the site. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES