Maybe the state church will be more successful at keeping tradition alive than the progressives in modern Rome. I believe French kings had the power to override appointments. I think though Bergoglio likes to keep in with political establishments. He did this with the Argentine civil unrest and now sees opportunities in China.
What do a few, more or less, fake bishops matter added to the conciliar entity?
The Novus Ordo sect is hard pressed to claim itself as part of the Catholic Church.
This move as with the Lutheran debacle are simply more proof that it is not.