Jihadism takes spotlight in EU-linked referendum

Euroskeptic Denmark was scheduled to go to the polls on Thursday in a referendum on stepping up its participation in EU police and judicial cooperation, with the outcome uncertain amid fears that include attacks and the migrant crisis.

Held three weeks after the Paris attacks that left 130 people dead, the referendum was originally scheduled to take place in 2016 but was moved up so it wouldn't interfere with the campaign for Britain's EU referendum, due to be held before 2017.

A majority of parties in the Danish parliament approved the principle of a referendum in December 2014, despite the opposition of the euroskeptic, anti-immigration Danish People's Party.