<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-2
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex_2-a.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX-2(A)-- AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORP.
<TEXT>
                                                                 EXHIBIT (2)(A)

         Article Second of the Articles of Incorporation was amended on
October 27, 2005 by deleting the Article in its entirety and replacing it with
the following:

         ARTICLE SECOND: The name of the Corporation is "The European Equity
Fund, Inc." (the "Corporation").
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
