»The Witness and Their Legal Counsel in Parliamentary Inquiry Committees. A Comparative Analysis of the Testifying Situation in the German Bundestag and the Austrian National Council«: Despite a comparable political dynamic, the situation for witnesses during questioning in the Bundestag differs from that in the Austrian National Council. The procedure in the Bundestag suffers from partisan leadership, and legal counsels are held from exerting existing rights. In contrast, Austria offers a higher level of protection with the independent procedural judge. The work calls for a comparable strengthening of witness rights in the Bundestag and the codification of counsels' rights.