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Iceland vote on debt

Vocabulary

summoned back

ordered to return

the fall out

the negative consequences

a petition calling for him to withhold

a formal piece of paper that a lot of people sign to ask him not to do something (here, not to sign the bill)

to compensate

to give money to people for some inconvenience or hardship they have had

bailed out savers

rescued the people who had money in the bank that the bank lost (in the financial crisis of 2008)

a public referendum

a public vote on an issue

desperately needed financial aid

help with the economy that the country needs very badly

a constitutional crisis

a legal or government disaster caused by actions that some people believe are illegal

frantic

frenzied, panicked, not calm

build bridges

find areas that they can agree on