They think they can just put up a new stooge, and that will make the voters care less about trying to save the lives of their families
Juppe is suppose to save ‘the Republicans’, thst’ the name of the party over there.
He will replace Fillon and beat Macron and LePen, eliminating her from the second round vote on May 7th.
French election polls are posted on this page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_French_presidential_election_2017