Nineteen of the European Union's 25 member states were voting in the biggest transnational elections ever held, and the first for the EU since the bloc's expansion into the former communist eastern Europe on May 1.

Can we draw the following conclusion?
The European Union had less than 18 member states at the time of this article.

pick from the following. A. Yes; B. It's impossible to say; C. No;
C.