A320 RECEIVES ENG 2 COMPRESSOR VANE ECAM DURING INITIAL CLIMB. SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE; DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO DEP ARPT.

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AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL PREFLT; TAXI; TKOF; AND INITIAL CLB; WE RECEIVED AN 'ENG 2 COMPRESSOR VANE' ECAM WHILE CLBING OUT OF ABOUT FL280. I WAS THE PF. THE CAPT PERFORMED THE ECAM AND I HANDLED THE FLYING DUTIES AND THE ATC COMS. FOLLOWING THE ECAM; THE CAPT WENT TO THE FM AND STATED THE INITIAL ACTION OF 'LAND AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT.' ALTHOUGH THE ECAM DID NOT SAY THIS; WE WERE AWARE OF THE ANOMALY. WE AGREED THAT ZZZ WAS THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT DUE TO OUR POS AND ALT; AND I DECLARED AN EMER AND WAS CLRED DIRECTLY TO XXX. WHEN THE AIRPLANE LEVELED AT FL320; THE PWR RETARDED AND THE EXPECTED ENG 2 COMPRESSOR STALL ENSUED. THE CAPT THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND WE BEGAN DSCNT TOWARD ZZZ. AFTER CONFERRING WITH DISPATCH; MAINT; THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE BRIEFED TO COMPLETE A CABIN ADVISORY AND WERE BRIEFED ON THE SIT. DURING THE RETURN TO ZZZ; WE COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS; OBTAINED LNDG DATA; REVIEWED THE OVERWT LNDG CHKLIST AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE-ENG LNDG ON RWY 36L. THE EMER PERSONNEL AT ZZZ INSPECTED THE R ENG AFTER WE CLRED THE RWY; AND UPON RECEIVING WORD THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE NO LEAKS; DAMAGE; OR FIRE; WE TAXIED TO THE GATE. THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND CREW ALL PERFORMED WELL DURING THIS EVENT.