Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan | Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty Images EU Commissioner Hogan: UK approach to Brexit talks ‘beggars belief’ Agriculture chief says Britain still seems to be ‘coming to terms’ with its role in negotiations.

Britain's approach to Brexit negotiations is beset by "inconsistency and lack of coordination" that "beggars belief," EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said in an interview broadcast Saturday.

"It seems that the United Kingdom still have to come to terms with their negotiating mandate and this is happening at a time when the clock is ticking," Hogan, a former Irish government minister, told Ireland's RTÉ Radio One.

Hogan said he was "very disappointed" with the pace and content of the last round of Brexit talks, which took place in Brussels earlier this month.

He said there was just "a bit more than a year" for the two sides to reach a deal, as the accord would have to be ratified by EU leaders and the European Parliament before Britain is due to depart at the end of March 2019.

"It does beggar belief to see the type of inconsistency and lack of coordination that we see at the moment from the U.K. side," Hogan said.

Hogan also said talks about the next multi-year EU budget were "complicated" by Britain's impending departure. He said unless EU countries were willing to fill the gap left by Britain's withdrawal, cuts will be needed in all programs, including to agriculture, the EU's single biggest item of spending.

One solution "floating around" was for EU countries to agree to raise the amount of their contributions from 1 percent to 1.1. percent of Gross National Income, Hogan said.

"The Member States at the end of the day decide the budget and the Commission implements the will of the Parliament and the will of the Council," he added.