http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.johnson/eu.html
"The continuing growth and expansion of the National DNA Database in England & Wales is just one example of a European tendency towards the greater use of DNA profiling and databasing for forensic purposes. There currently exists substantial interest across the EU for the establishment of national DNA databases and, furthermore, for the 'Europeanization' of DNA databasing in the form of an EU wide register. "
