He served as a member of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2005 for the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and he has been State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation on behalf of the right-wing populist Party for Freedom in the Schoof cabinet since July 2024.

During this period, Szabó was of the opinion that the Netherlands, "partly under pressure from international legislation", would soon see the introduction of the electronic signature and identity cards with biometric features (fingerprint and iris scan).

In early June 2004, he asked State Secretary Medy van der Laan for an explanation about the use of open source software in the department, because Szabó wanted to prevent "OSS fetishism" in the government.

[2] After the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB formed the Schoof cabinet, Szabó was sworn in as State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation on 2 July 2024.

[2][3] Szabó stated that he wanted a more centralized approach to arranging and purchasing digital technologies in national and local governments.