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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-21-050151
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20201231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210312
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210312
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210312

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EUROPEAN EQUITY FUND, INC / MD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000791718
		IRS NUMBER:				260529973
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-CEN
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04632
		FILM NUMBER:		21736954

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		875 THIRD AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022-6225
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-454-4500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		875 THIRD AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022-6225

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERMANY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of The European Equity Fund, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The
European Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), as of and for the year ended December
31, 2020, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's internal control
over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as
a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of
Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess
the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to
the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management
and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting
may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation
of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the
design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in
the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of
the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was
for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not
necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be
material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies
in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation,
including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a
material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and
the Board of Directors of The European Equity Fund, Inc. and the Securities
and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.





Boston, Massachusetts
February 25, 2021








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