There was an attempt to incorporate Cyprus into Greece.
=== England and Wales ===Section 1(2) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 applies the Act even though the facts are such that the commission of the offence is impossible so long as, under section 1(3), the defendant believes that he is about to break the law and intends to commit the relevant full offence
 However, the renunciation is not complete if motivated in whole or part by one of the following: They postpone the criminal conduct to a more advantageous time, or to transfer the criminal effort to another but similar objective or victim

