Barnier, who was visiting London to see British Finance Minister George Osborne and representatives from its financial centre, made his remarks after a newspaper report suggested France and Germany were pushing for a delay.
He also said that he would publish a draft law outlining a new regime to manage cross-border banks in crisis within the next few weeks and added that no country would be forced to accept a financial transaction tax.
(Reporting by Huw Jones)
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