The Academician of the Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras  Francesc Granell has been awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) its maximum distinction, the Creu de Sant Jordi {the Cross of St. George}, for his extensive professional and academic career in the service of the Catalan, Spanish and European economy, in his condition as ex Senior Member of the European Commission. Granell will receive the award from the President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, on the 20th of April.