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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000088053-21-000464
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210524

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:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04632
		FILM NUMBER:		21953628

	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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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington,&nbsp;D.C. 20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE&nbsp;14A </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Rule&nbsp;14a-101) </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE&nbsp;14A INFORMATION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a)
of the </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Filed
by Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Filed by a party other than the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Check the appropriate box:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Preliminary Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Definitive Additional Materials</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &sect;240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">No fee required.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
    to Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Total fee paid:</P>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1)</FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Amount Previously Paid:</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Filing Party:</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date Filed:</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Supplement dated May 24, 2021 to Proxy Materials
for Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) to be held on June 24, 2021</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This supplement is filed solely to correct a typographical
error appearing in the second sentence of the second paragraph under &#8220;Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors&#8221; at page 2 of
the Fund&#8217;s proxy statement dated May 14, 2021 and in No. 1.02 on the form of proxy. Mr. Z&uuml;gel&#8217;s first name should appear
as &#8220;Christian&#8221; in those two places (as it does elsewhere in the proxy statement).</P>

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